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RN | Med Surg | 36 Hours | Nights

Concord Hospital Health System

#Registered Nurse #Patient Care #Healthcare #BLS Certification #BSN #Med Surg #Clinical Assessment #ISO 9001:2008 #Nursing Interventions

Quick overview

The RN is responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing nursing care for patients with multi-system issues in a safe environment. They collaborate with healthcare teams and manage patient care from admission through discharge.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be a graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a current New Hampshire State RN license. BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required, and a BSN is preferred.

bachelor degreeMedication AdministrationPatient AssessmentPatient EducationCare CoordinationDirect Patient CareClinical JudgmentNursing Care PlanningMulti-disciplinary Collaboration

Job description

Summary The Registered Nurse (RN) 1 is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for a group of population specific patients for the department /unit, from simple to complex, with multi-system issues in a safe and therapeutic environment.
The RN uses knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interprets information needed to identify each patients' requirements relative to his/her age specific needs.
The RN engages in caring relationships with patient's, families, and significant others, works collaboratively with other health care workers, and uses sound judgments while performing nursing and medical interventions.
The RN adheres to specialty standards and organizational standards, policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols.
Reports to the Director and/or Nurse Manager.
May participate in supervision of Licensed Nursing Assistants and unlicensed personnel.
In order to remain in the program, employees are required to maintain compliance with all program components as described in the Core Nights Program Policy.
Education Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.
Certification, Registration & Licensure Licensure required: Current New Hampshire State Registered Nurse license.
Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.
Experience Related Experience/Training: a.
Evidence of experience in working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multi-disciplinary team. b.
Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.
Responsibilities Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care.
Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
Administers medications to patients.
Provides direct patient care.
Leads the health care team.
Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.
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Physical and Work Requirements The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM.
The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak, and walk.
The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand.
The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood borne pathogens, and bodily fluids.
The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather-related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Concord Hospital (CH) is a nationally-accredited, progressive regional health system.
Over the past two decades, CH has evolved from a community hospital to a $550 million net revenue regional integrated health system with more than 3,574 employees, leaders and clinicians who are talented, mutually supportive, and community centered in helping the organization meet its community mission.
CH has sophisticated clinical and management practices.
The organization consistently performs among the top ten percent of national organizations and has received many national accolades (e.g., most wired, Press Ganey's summit award).
After a four-year effort to strengthen and standardize our quality management processes, Concord Hospital has become the first healthcare system in New Hampshire to be certified as being in compliance with internationally recognized quality management practices ISO 9001:2008 certification, issued by DNV GL.
ISO certification means that patients can be confident CH has implemented and strengthened processes for internal auditing, control of documents, control of records, control of non conforming products, and preventative and corrective action.
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