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Charge Nurse roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires employers to document that no qualified U.S. workers are available before filing an I-140 petition on your behalf. Many hospitals and health systems sponsor foreign RNs into permanent residency, making direct employer outreach and credential verification central to your sponsorship strategy.
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- Coordinates the delivery of quality nursing care for patients from birth through the lifecycle, as well as operational issues during his/her shift.
- Provides clinical care as needed when census demands.
- Communicates patient care, departmental issues, and staff concerns to the appropriate leader(s).
- Serves as resource for guidance and assistance to the staff.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education
- Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing Required
- Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
Work Experience
- 1 year of nursing experience in a hospital setting Required
- 2 years or more years of nursing experience in a hospital setting Preferred
Licenses and Certifications
- RN - Registered Nurse - Georgia State Licensure and/or NLC/eNCL Multistate Licensure Required
- BCLS - Basic Life Support Required
- Advanced certification in field of specialty, if applicable (see addendum)
- ACLS Certification (Cardiac Tele, Critical Care, Surgical Services including Labor and Delivery) Required
- PALS Certification (Emergency Department) Required
- Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification – prior to independent chemotherapy administration (Infusion/Oncology) Required
- NRP by the end of orientation period (Women’s Services: Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, NICU, NAT, Nursery) Required
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Program within 12 months of start date (Labor and Delivery) within 1 Year Required
- PEARS Certification (at Piedmont Athens Hospital) Required
- PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services) Required
- ACLS and PALS Certification (Emergency Department) Required
- ACLS; PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services) Required
- Experienced Emergency Department nurses will have 30 days to obtain the PALS certification within 30 Days
Addendum
All Nursing Disciplines
- Collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer’s health or the situation.
- Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
- Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
- Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
- Implements the identified plan of care.
- Coordinates care delivery.
- Employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
- Practices ethically.
- Practices in a manner that is congruent with current diversity and inclusion principles.
- Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
- Collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
- Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
- Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
- Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
- Contributes to quality nursing practice.
- Evaluates one’s own and others’ nursing practice.
- Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
- Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner. within 180 Days Required
Cardiac Tele Additional Required Certifications:
- ACLS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date) within 180 Days Required
Critical Care Additional Required Certifications:
- ACLS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date) within 180 Days Required
Emergency Department: Additional Required Certifications:
- ACLS and PALS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date)
- Experienced Emergency Department nurses will have 30 days to obtain the PALS certification.
- TNCC Certifications – required at the following hospitals: Piedmont Athens, Piedmont Cartersville, Piedmont Columbus Midtown, Piedmont Henry, Piedmont Newton, Piedmont Walton (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certification within 1 year of start date)
- ENPC Certifications – required at the following hospitals: Piedmont Athens, Piedmont Cartersville, Piedmont Columbus Midtown, Piedmont Newton (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certification within 1 year of start date) within 180 Days Required
Infusion/Oncology: Additional Required Certifications:
- Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification – prior to independent chemotherapy administration Upon Hire Required
Pediatrics:
- Identifies, reports and provides appropriate protective measures for high risk situations including, but not limited to, abuse or neglect, failure to thrive and potential for abduction.
- Additional Required Certifications:
- PALS Certification (required at Piedmont Columbus Hospital)
- PEARS Certification (required at Piedmont Athens Hospital) within 180 Days Required
Surgical Services: Additional Required Certifications:
- PreOp/PACU/ENDO/CSU/ARU – ACLS; PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date) within 180 Days Required
Women’s Services: Additional Required Certifications:
- Labor and Delivery-ACLS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date)
- NRP by the end of orientation period
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Program within 12 months of start date
- Mother/Baby- NRP by the end of orientation period
- NICU- NRP by the end of orientation period
- NAT (Newborn Admission Team)- NRP by the end of orientation period
- Nursery- NRP by the end of orientation period within 180 Days Required
Business Unit: Company Name: Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
Responsibilities:
- Coordinates the delivery of quality nursing care for patients from birth through the lifecycle, as well as operational issues during his/her shift.
- Provides clinical care as needed when census demands.
- Communicates patient care, departmental issues, and staff concerns to the appropriate leader(s).
- Serves as resource for guidance and assistance to the staff.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education
- Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing Required
- Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
Work Experience
- 1 year of nursing experience in a hospital setting Required
- 2 years or more years of nursing experience in a hospital setting Preferred
Licenses and Certifications
- RN - Registered Nurse - Georgia State Licensure and/or NLC/eNCL Multistate Licensure Required
- BCLS - Basic Life Support Required
- Advanced certification in field of specialty, if applicable (see addendum)
- ACLS Certification (Cardiac Tele, Critical Care, Surgical Services including Labor and Delivery) Required
- PALS Certification (Emergency Department) Required
- Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification – prior to independent chemotherapy administration (Infusion/Oncology) Required
- NRP by the end of orientation period (Women’s Services: Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, NICU, NAT, Nursery) Required
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Program within 12 months of start date (Labor and Delivery) within 1 Year Required
- PEARS Certification (at Piedmont Athens Hospital) Required
- PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services) Required
- ACLS and PALS Certification (Emergency Department) Required
- ACLS; PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services) Required
- Experienced Emergency Department nurses will have 30 days to obtain the PALS certification within 30 Days
Addendum
All Nursing Disciplines
- Collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer’s health or the situation.
- Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
- Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
- Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
- Implements the identified plan of care.
- Coordinates care delivery.
- Employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
- Practices ethically.
- Practices in a manner that is congruent with current diversity and inclusion principles.
- Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
- Collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
- Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
- Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
- Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
- Contributes to quality nursing practice.
- Evaluates one’s own and others’ nursing practice.
- Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
- Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner. within 180 Days Required
Cardiac Tele Additional Required Certifications:
- ACLS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date) within 180 Days Required
Critical Care Additional Required Certifications:
- ACLS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date) within 180 Days Required
Emergency Department: Additional Required Certifications:
- ACLS and PALS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date)
- Experienced Emergency Department nurses will have 30 days to obtain the PALS certification.
- TNCC Certifications – required at the following hospitals: Piedmont Athens, Piedmont Cartersville, Piedmont Columbus Midtown, Piedmont Henry, Piedmont Newton, Piedmont Walton (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certification within 1 year of start date)
- ENPC Certifications – required at the following hospitals: Piedmont Athens, Piedmont Cartersville, Piedmont Columbus Midtown, Piedmont Newton (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certification within 1 year of start date) within 180 Days Required
Infusion/Oncology: Additional Required Certifications:
- Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification – prior to independent chemotherapy administration Upon Hire Required
Pediatrics:
- Identifies, reports and provides appropriate protective measures for high risk situations including, but not limited to, abuse or neglect, failure to thrive and potential for abduction.
- Additional Required Certifications:
- PALS Certification (required at Piedmont Columbus Hospital)
- PEARS Certification (required at Piedmont Athens Hospital) within 180 Days Required
Surgical Services: Additional Required Certifications:
- PreOp/PACU/ENDO/CSU/ARU – ACLS; PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date) within 180 Days Required
Women’s Services: Additional Required Certifications:
- Labor and Delivery-ACLS Certification - (Nurse Residents or nurses new to specialty will complete applicable certifications within 6 months of start date)
- NRP by the end of orientation period
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Program within 12 months of start date
- Mother/Baby- NRP by the end of orientation period
- NICU- NRP by the end of orientation period
- NAT (Newborn Admission Team)- NRP by the end of orientation period
- Nursery- NRP by the end of orientation period within 180 Days Required
Business Unit: Company Name: Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Charge Nurse
Get your CGFNS credential evaluation early
USCIS requires foreign nursing credentials to be evaluated before an I-140 can be approved. Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) certification or a qualifying credentials evaluation can add months to your timeline, so start this process before you apply to roles.
Target health systems with active PERM history
Hospitals that have filed PERM applications for RNs in the past are far more likely to sponsor again. Search DOL OFLC disclosure data by occupation code to identify health systems that have certified Charge Nurse or RN positions in your target state.
Confirm your NCLEX license transfers across state lines
PERM requires a specific state nursing license tied to the worksite. If you hold a compact state license, verify it covers the employer's state before the job offer stage, since the labor certification is tied to that location and cannot easily be transferred.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility with your sponsoring employer
Most Charge Nurse PERM filings go through EB-3, since the role typically requires a bachelor's degree in nursing. If you hold a master's or DNP, ask the employer whether the position description supports an EB-2 filing, which can reduce priority date wait times for some nationalities.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers actively sponsoring Charge Nurses
Searching broadly wastes time on employers with no sponsorship infrastructure. Migrate Mate filters roles by green card sponsorship history so you can focus your applications on health systems that have already navigated the PERM process for nursing positions.
Negotiate a start date that accounts for PERM processing timelines
PERM labor certification currently takes over a year at DOL before the I-140 is even filed. Build this into your offer negotiation so your employer understands the full green card timeline and can plan staffing around it rather than withdrawing sponsorship mid-process.
Green Card Charge Nurse: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Charge Nurse roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Charge Nurse positions qualify under EB-3 because the role typically requires a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). If the specific position requires a master's degree or you hold advanced credentials that the employer incorporates into the job requirements, EB-2 may be available. Your employer's immigration attorney structures the PERM filing around the actual minimum requirements for the role, so the degree requirement in the job description matters significantly.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Charge Nurses?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 leads to permanent residency rather than a temporary work authorization period. Unlike the H-1B visa, EB-3 has no annual lottery, so you aren't subject to random selection. The tradeoff is time: PERM labor certification alone currently takes more than a year at DOL, and priority date backlogs apply to certain nationalities at the I-485 adjustment of status stage. The process is longer but the outcome is permanent.
What credential requirements affect PERM eligibility for foreign-educated nurses?
USCIS requires foreign nursing graduates to obtain a CGFNS certificate or an equivalent credentials evaluation before an I-140 petition can be approved. You also need a valid NCLEX-RN pass and an active state nursing license in the state where the sponsoring employer is located. Starting the CGFNS evaluation process early is critical because it can take several months and must be completed before the I-140 filing stage.
How do I find hospitals and health systems that sponsor Charge Nurses for green cards?
Migrate Mate filters job listings by employment-based green card sponsorship history, so you can identify health systems that have actively filed PERM applications for nursing roles rather than relying on employers who may not have sponsorship infrastructure. You can also cross-reference DOL OFLC disclosure data using the OFLC Wage Search tool to verify that a specific employer has certified RN or Charge Nurse positions in your target state.
Can my employer file PERM for a Charge Nurse role if I'm already working there on an H-1B?
Yes. Employers routinely begin the PERM green card process for employees already working on H-1B status. The PERM filing is independent of your current visa status and runs concurrently with your H-1B employment. If your I-140 is approved while you're on H-1B, you may be able to extend your H-1B beyond the standard six-year cap under AC21 provisions while waiting for your priority date to become current.