Charge Nurse - OR, Days

East Cooper Medical Center is one of South Carolina’s leaders in healthcare. Our approach to medicine is designed to provide you with successful outcomes, fast recovery times and a better quality of life. Our hospital combines technology and clinical expertise with compassion to provide you personalized care for a lifetime. Our expanded scope of services, our commitment to quality & safety, and our outstanding team of caregivers have attracted patients throughout the Lowcountry and beyond, and have contributed to our hospital being nationally recognized.  

Responsibilities:   

• The Clinical Practice Specialist (CPS) serves as the expert for nursing practice in assigned department/unit/service line.  
• The Clinical Practice Specialist is responsible for helping to create and promote a culture that promotes quality patient care and service excellence.   
• Utilizes and teaches evidence-based practices to develop the clinical competence of bedside caregivers.  
• This position will engage and motivate staff to achieve a culture of clinical excellence by coaching, teaching, encouraging, demonstrating and role-modeling expected behavior of staff.    
• The CPS will have a dotted line reporting structure to the Director of Education.  
• In coordination with Nursing unit leadership and Clinical Educators, the CPS assesses and diagnoses specific practice needs of nurses in assigned areas, and provides the appropriate clinical intervention for their development.  
• The CPS will partner with the appropriate Clinical Educator for appropriate education content related to practice gaps. 
•  The CPS serves as a clinical resource to the new nurse and their preceptor as well as the experienced new hires nurses and Nurse Externs.  
• The CPS facilitates patient care by staff’s bedside competencies.  
• CPS ensures continuity between clinical practice and standards of care, not limited to Infection Prevention, Patient Safety, Patient Experience, etc.  
• This individual works collaboratively with all disciplines to strengthen and elevate quality of care at the bedside. 

Qualifications:  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.    

• Bachelor’s Degree required, or enrolled in a BSN program; Clinical Masters in Nursing in areas of specialization of Clinical Education preferred. 
• Three years of experience in acute hospital-based nursing practice, in area of specialty required; previous CNS and/or Clinical Educator experience and/or past supervisory experience preferred 
• Current unrestricted RN license in the State of South Carolina 
• Advanced certification in specialty field and/or participation in professional organization(s) encouraged 
• Must have current BLS certification and ACLS