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St. Joseph's Health lists this Charge Nurse - Full-Time Days (Emergency Department) opportunity in paterson, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Charge Nurse - Full-Time Days (Emergency Department)
Paterson, NJ, United States (On-site)
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Job Description
Responsible for the organization and management of nursing personnel practices during a designated shift. Ensures a professional environment and assists staff as necessary. Evaluates the effectiveness of the nursing care given.
Qualifications
Work requires the knowledge of theories, principles and concepts normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and two to three years of previous work related experience plus six to twelve months of on the job training and orientation. Licensure required as a Registered Nurse by the State of New Jersey. Successful completion of department certifications of Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 1 year of hire. Work requires the analytical ability to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analysis and summarize the information and data in order to solve problems or design relatively complex systems and programs. Work requires the ability to counsel and educate patients and their families, assign and follow-up on work of other employees, or perform other duties requiring a comparable level of communication skill.
Effective January 2019, St. Joseph’s Health requires all employee certifications for Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) to be granted through the American Heart Association.
About Us
St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.
Benefits Eligibility : (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)
Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
403b retirement plan options with company match**
Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
PTO, and paid holidays
Employee Assistance Program
LTD : Long Term Disability
Life Insurance Options
*Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
** 403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
Pay transparency : St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.
About the Team
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.
Job Info
Job Identification
Job Category Nursing
Posting Date 12/17/2025, 09:01 PM
Job Schedule Full time
Job Shift Day
Locations St. Joseph's University Medical Center St. Joseph's Wayne Medical Center (On-site)
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Worksite address
paterson, NJ, 07544, US
Who can apply
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