Head Nurse plans and implements the overall nursing policies, procedures, and services for a unit. Maintains nursing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training clinical staff. Being a Head Nurse ensures that nurses are current in competencies, assessments, licensure, certifications, and other annual training. May provide direct patient care and is responsible for assessing, planning, and evaluating patients. Additionally, Head Nurse requires a bachelor's degree in nursing. Typically requires Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Requires Registered Nurse (RN). Typically reports to a director. The Head Nurse manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be a Head Nurse typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1-3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Candidates must have a minimum of 1 year of similar OR-RN experience to be considered.
Duration:Here at Nurse 2 Nurse Staffing, we help connect you with excellent travel nursing job opportunities without making you negotiate a fair contract. We use honest recruiting practices because, as nurses, we never stop caring, and we wanted to reflect that in our traveler-centered recruiting methods. Every contract you find with Nurse 2 Nurse Staffing has already been written with your priorities in mind, so you can pursue your travel nurse career with confidence and the compensation you deserve. Start exploring your opportunities today!As a traveling nurse, our founder Jeremy Jones met many people who were either in an awful contract and rethinking travel nursing or people who were working as staff nurses because of a lousy travel assignment. His opinion is that travel nursing is the best job in the industry, so he set out to fix the problems he saw.
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