The Oncology Charge Nurse fosters an environment for managing and delivering safe patient care in a hospital setting. In addition to fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of a clinical nurse, the charge nurse is a role model and coach to department personnel and assists in developing their skills and knowledge. Provides nursing care to a diverse patient population and role models compassionate communication with physicians and the interprofessional health care team. Assumes leadership responsibilities with high-level contributions across the institution. • Fosters staff engagement by listening actively, requesting and acknowledging feedback, making equitable decisions, providing appropriate rationale, and supporting organizational goals. • Anticipates the needs of the staff members and proactively offers assistance. • Role models interprofessional communication, which includes active listening and teaching, and assists with staff stress management as needed. • Improves departmental scores for turnover/retention on unit-based scorecard. • Role models fair and consistent leadership skills for effective team dynamics and teambuilding strategies through problem-solving, coaching, and developing staff. • Coaches staff to use efficient and effective communication to establish and maintain a team environment and to include the patient and family in the team regarding their care plan. • Provides input into staff performance reviews. • Functions as a mentor and resource to unit staff and provides oversight for students/new employees/preceptorships. • Identifies levels of organizational conflict and applies tools to effectively resolve concerns, complaints, or disputes with patients, families, physicians, and other interprofessional healthcare team members. • Leads patient and family-centered care standards. • Mentor others regarding specialty populations; audit plan of care. • Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles. • Maintains ongoing interactions with patients, families, and staff on improving patient care through leader rounding. • Ensures effective collaboration with other departments regarding patient process issues. • Drives department service standards and activities to improve department scores for patient satisfaction on unit-based scorecards. • Models the standards of care related to the nursing process by actively participating in meeting and improving nurse-sensitive quality indicators and patient safety goals. • Participates in creating a continuous improvement environment. • Coordinates nursing care throughout the shift schedule, considering patient acuity, staff skill level, and safety to ensure our duty to our patients can be met. • Models the standards related to regulatory requirements and professional practice. • Facilitates seamless patient flow to/from/through the department, leading the delivery of quality family-centered care throughout the continuum of care. • Ensures the patient care plan is accurate and timely, coaching staff if documentation deficiencies are identified. • Works closely with the OAs and bed management regarding timely patient placement. • Proactively recognizes and determines a plan of action and responds to situations, such as rapid response/CERTs and emergency codes. • Participates in initiatives to improve quality and safety scores on the unit and hospital scorecards through peer-to-peer accountability, reporting near misses, and identifying solutions by collaborating with the interprofessional team. • Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety. Assists with audits. • Implements department strategies to achieve financial targets on unit-based scorecards. • Metrics include documentation of care and length of stay while optimizing efficiency and resources, such as overtime. • Attends daily care coordination rounds to facilitate patient progression. • Ensures that follow-up has been implemented on any concerns or issues the team identifies. • Manages productivity by the staffing grid. Provides input into unit resource utilization, including unit capital and operational budget needs. • Oversees shift-by-shift resource utilization. • Manages to identify and implement innovative solutions for practice changes to improve patient care or unit operations, such as reducing hospital readmissions or other department-specific measures by leading and participating in unit projects and shared governance activities. • Investigate and incorporate evidence-based practices that are presented to shared governance and leadership. • Supports change initiatives and adapts to unexpected changes. • Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow knowledge, abilities, and skills. • Serves as a clinical resource. • Develops and disseminates, as appropriate, informational/educational resources and programs designed to improve quality and professional practice. • Performs other job-related duties as assigned. EDUCATION: • Bachelor's of Science in Nursing required CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE: • Current Texas Board of Nursing (or Compact State) RN license; Or a Temporary Texas RN License (Permanent TX license within 90 days upon hire). • American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, within 7 days of hire.