Job Summary
- Provides direct and indirect patient care in the assigned care setting.
- Communicates and collaborates with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and other multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes.
- Provides high quality patient care utilizing critical thinking, nursing processes, decision making, compassion, integrity, respect, and empathy.
- Preserves the patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and restores health whenever possible.
- Able to perform general nursing duties, patient education, and prioritization.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the patient appropriately and accurately based on their medical condition.
- Has knowledge of ordered medications and administers as prescribed.
- Provides care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient including basic self-care activities.
- Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching as appropriate.
- Demonstrates ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and provide services.
- Communicates/collaborates with multidisciplinary team in providing patient care.
- Demonstrates an ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
- Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicates with social services regarding both hospital and post discharge needs.
- Demonstrates cost-effective practices and non-wasteful usage of supplies, linen, and charge items.
- Prioritizes patient care effectively and efficiently.
- Promotes patient safety by reducing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care.
- Assumes lifelong learning related to the nursing profession.
Specifications: RN degree
Experience: Minimum 1 year nursing
- Minimum Required
- One (1) year of nursery experience
Preferred/Desired: Stable, NRP training
Education
- Minimum Required
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Preferred/Desired
Training
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
- Minimum Required
- Computer literacy
Preferred/Desired
Licensure
- Minimum Required
- Rn;bls certification within 14 days of hire
- Preferred/Desired
- ACLS/PALS Specialty Certification
- STABLE
- NRP
