Common use of Charge Nurse Clause in Contracts

Charge Nurse. A registered nurse who is assigned the responsibility for a patient care unit and who functions within specific written guidelines. Nurses assigned charge responsibilities will have these additional responsibilities determined on a shift-to-shift basis when developing their patient care assignment. Charge nurses will not be consistently expected to carry a full patient care assignment. Charge nurse assignments will be designated as determined by management to qualified staff who have volunteered for this assignment and received appropriate orientation. A nurse must provide notice of his/her decision to no longer volunteer for the charge assignment. The nurse must provide notice to his/her manager at least 14 days prior to the posting of the next schedule (as required by Article 6.5). The Medical Center, in collaboration with the members of the Conference Committee, will develop and follow a written process to identify who will be selected to serve as the charge nurse if there are no volunteers for the charge assignment for a shift on a unit.