
Registred Nurse - Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
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Job overview
The Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department provides leadership and coordinates unit staffing while supporting clinical objectives and quality patient care. The role assigns, directs, educates, and monitors nursing and support staff, assesses daily patient care needs, and collaborates with advanced practice providers. It also evaluates care effectiveness, addresses patient-care complaints through established channels, and may contribute to staff hiring, training, and development.
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MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Summary:
Provides leadership and coordination of unit staffing while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Assigns, directs, educates and monitors nursing and support staff during assigned shift. Contributes to or performs performance evaluations of staff.
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Assesses daily patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given.
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Collaborates with advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes.
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Evaluates the effectiveness of patient care and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes.
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Responds to complaints about patient care and manages through established channels.
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May provide input for hiring, training, directing, developing and evaluating staff.
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Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
EXPERIENCE
- One year of registered nurse experience
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
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Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
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Constant standing and walking.
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Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
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Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
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Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
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Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
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Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
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Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
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Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
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Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
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Occasional driving.
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Rare crawling and running.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois
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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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And
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Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
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And
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Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
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Or
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
State of Work Location: Missouri
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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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And
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Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
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Or
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Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
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And
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Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
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Or
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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And
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Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
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And
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Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
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And
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Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
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Or
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
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Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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And
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Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
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Or
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Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
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And
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Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
-
Or
-
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
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Or
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Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
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Or
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Work Shift:
Night Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
Employee
Department:
2000000100 Emergency Dept
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
Benefits:
SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.
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Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
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Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
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Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
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SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Read our notice of non-discrimination (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)
How this job compares
Set against the 963 open Charge Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$84–126K/yr30 salary ranges
- Missouri median$36–58/hr22 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 43 open Charge Nurse jobs in Missouri and 963 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
- BJC HealthCare21 open
- SSM Health (this employer)15 open
- KIRKSVILLE MANOR CARE CENTER2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Charge Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (608 postings).
- Education
- 156 of the 963 open Charge Nurse jobs (16%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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