Registered Nurse - 5 West Ms/Peds

Overview

At Garnet Health, the Hudson Valley’s leading integrated health system, you’ll find the perfect balance of a satisfying career and a rewarding lifestyle. Our focus is on patient-centric care with a collective of visionary leaders and dedicated and caring professionals working as a team to deliver the best for the people we serve. If you’re interested in a health system that’s both growing and award-winning, serving a diverse community that provides the best of both city and rural life, we invite to make your career home with us as a Registered Nurse on our 5 West team at/in Garnet Health Medical Center-Middletown.

Responsibilities

Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations (ANA, 2010).

Garnet Health Medical Center clinical nurses are guided by the New York State Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association (ANA) guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses, the Essential Guide to Nursing Practice, Jean Watson’s Nursing Philosophy and Science of Caring, the Garnet Health Medical Center Plan for Nursing Quality and Safety, and the Garnet Health Medical Center Nursing Strategic Plan (NSP). Clinical nurses are empowered to work toward an improved healthcare system by providing safe, timely, effective, equitable, and patient centered care (IOM).

Garnet Health Medical Center clinical nurses embrace the Essential Features of Professional Nursing as indicated by the ANA, they include:

• Integration of assessment data with knowledge gained from an appreciation of the patient of the group.
• Attention to the range of human experiences and responses to health and illness within the physical and social environments.
• Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.
• Influence on social and public policy.
• Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment through the use of judgment and critical thinking.
• Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry.
• Assurance of safe, quality, and evidence-based practice.

At Garnet Health, we are committed to supporting your career growth and professional potential. We are responsive, attentive and dedicated to the success and satisfaction of our team members. Here, you’ll find resources that will help you excel in your career, tuition reimbursement programs for your continued education, and comprehensive health, dental and retirement benefits designed to fit your individual and family needs. Our inclusive and diverse team culture encourages you to contribute your exceptional talents, skills and perspectives to the success of our system, one another, our communities and our patients.

Join the Garnet Health team and let your excellence shine.

Qualifications

Licensure:

• Active New York State Nursing License in good standing

Education:

• Associate, Baccalaureate (preferred), Master’s, or Doctorate Degree in Nursing from an Accredited School of Nursing.

Certification:

• American Nurses Association endorsed Certifications or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Certification Preferred (*Based on Certification specialty hours of work requirement).

Physical Demands:

• During any patient transferring task, if any caregiver is required to lift more than 35 lbs of a patient's weight, then the patient should be considered to be fully dependent and assistive devices should be used. (Waters, T. [2007]
• New Hires - Must be able to perform RN essential physical functioning demands as determined by Employee Health / Pre-Screening Assessment
• American with Disability Act Requirements: External and Internal applicants, as well as position incumbents, must be able to perform the essential position responsibilities as listed in this position description either aided or unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by the organization on a case by case basis.
• Considerable standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. Considerable visual demands.
• Ergonomic stressors includes moderate to frequent heavy (lifting, positioning, pushing, and/ or transferring of patients). Must participate in Safe Patient Handling Initiatives.

Mental Demands:

• Ability to multi-task. Required detailed attention to work in an environment where interruptions cannot be controlled. Demonstrates sensitivity to customer needs and expectations.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships, to work well under pressure, to organize and synthesize new information and prioritize tasks. Possess critical thinking, analytical skills and flexibility.
• Work schedules may include irregular hours including nights and weekends.

Working Conditions:

• OSHA Directive CPL-03-00-016:
• ORMC abides with the New York Department of Labor / Nursing Licensure Board recommendation on the 16 hour work limit.
• Contact with patient’s under a wide variety of circumstances.
• May have contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.
• Must wear Personal Protective Equipment to ensure your safety which may include items such as gloves, safety glasses, respirators, or coveralls, vests, lead vests, and full body suits.
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
• May be exposed to unpleasant patient elements (exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material).
• Handles emergency and crisis situations.

Patient and Staff Safety:

• Immediately takes action, where appropriate, to minimize the risk of injury. Where appropriate to staff member’s responsibilities, reports errors, when these occur, to supervisor and in the MIDAS RDE system on an Incident report. Participates when appropriate in Root Cause Analysis and/or other efforts to reduce the risk of medical error and/or patient or staff harm.
• Consistently utilizes precautions and follows appropriate procedure to enhance patient/staff safety in daily operations.
• Identifies and reports any potentially dangerous situations which could cause medical error and/or patient or staff harm.
• Recognizes the importance of patient/staff safety precautions as it relates to specific department and area of responsibility.

Training:

• All clinical nurses must have BLS and this training must be kept current.
• In certain clinical areas additional AHA training may be required. If you are transferring to one of these areas you must have the appropriate training prior to beginning the position.
• Clinical nurses are accountable for completing their annual / required mandatory training within certain time frames

Department

Required Experience

Preferred Experience

Recommended

Training

Mandatory Training

Pediatrics

(6453- 5W)

New graduates considered

1year Pediatric Acute Care or

1 year Medical-Surgical

Certified Pediatric Nurse

PALS

ACLS required within 1 year post probationary period

Hospital crisis intervention training course within 1- year of hire and annually thereafter

Basic dysrhythmia within 1- year

STABLE course completion within 6 months for RN’s with Level II