Charge Nurse - Psychiatric - Full Time Night Shift

Company: Valley Health
Location: Winchester
Posted on: May 2, 2025

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PSYCHIATRIC - 206060
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Work Shift
Third Shift (United States of America)

Pay Grade

138
Job Description

Job Summary

The purpose of the role is to provide direct clinical supervision to assist in maintaining appropriate clinical standards and to facilitate the functioning of nursing units or assigned area for a defined shift.

Education

Bachelors Nursing preferred

Experience

2 years Healthcare/Medical - Nursing General
Additional Experience Requirements
Required RN experience:
Currently an RN III within VH, or meets criteria to be hired as an RN III (all 5 of the last 5 calendar years in a comparable acute care specialty setting)
or
Currently in a Non-Ladder RN position within VH with a minimum of 5 years of recent relevant experience
or
Currently an RN II within VH with a minimum overall rating of exceeds standards on most recent
VH performance appraisal

Certification & Licensures

RN Nursing License
required *
BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart --Healthcare Provider' (HCP) - AHA approved
required **
National certification by specialty organization preferred (Force 1 and 14)
Additional Certification/Licensure Requirements
* Based on primary state of residency and in accordance with current Virginia Board of Nursing Regulations, must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia with either a:
Multi-state license; under the Nurse Licensure Compact OR Single-state license, valid in Virginia only.
** New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.
Qualifications
- Demonstrates ability to set priorities and make appropriate decisions.
- Competent to provide care using the nursing process
- Demonstrates mentoring, teaching and leadership skills.
- Knowledge in the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological stages of human growth and development.
Physical Demands

20 A Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), Patient Care Tech.

Work Function/Activity : Light to heavy physical demand (20 to 100 lbs) - Frequent hand washing required. - Occasional sitting. - Frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, crouching, kneeling, lifting, pulling, pushing, carrying, holding, stretching, reaching, climbing. - Frequent repetitive arm, hand and finger movements. - Frequent use of surgical and medical equipment and materials. - Visual ability to see details at a distance (corrected to 20/40) and at a close range (within a few feet of the observer), to match or detect differences between colors, shades of color, brightness and to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away, and to judge the distance between an object and the observer. - Able to speak clearly so that it is understandable to a listener. - Able to identify and understand the speech of another person. - Able to focus on a single source of auditory (hearing) information in the presence of other distracting sounds and to detect or tell the difference between sounds that vary over broad ranges of pitch and loudness. - Mental activities necessary include a high level of cognitive functioning with nursing, observation, evaluation, assessment, communication, interpersonal, organizational, problem solving and decision-making capabilities. - May be exposed to fluctuating temperatures.

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
Dental and vision insurance
Generous Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance
Retirement Savings Match
A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program

Valley Health also offers a health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development. In addition, several perks come with working for the largest employer in the region, such as discounts to on-campus dining, and more.

To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com .

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