Registered Nurse Jobs

Job Specific Functions

• Attends the required corporate integrity and compliance training and education programs.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and adherence to the Compliance Plan.
• Demonstrates proficiency in understanding the materials presented during the corporate integrity and compliance training and education program.
• Complies with all HIPAA standards.
• Conduct reflects values and a commitment to Code of Conduct.

Registered Nurse and Licensed Vocation Nurse:

• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support to patients, friends and families.
• Schedules and completes tasks with minimal supervision and in a timely manner.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing departments philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice acts and other governing agency regulations
• Knows and follows chain of command and maintains confidentiality of information.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current nursing techniques, skills, principles and the nursing process and utilizes this knowledge when caring for patients of all ages.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Administers medications with awareness of indications, contraindications, major actions, dosages, methods of administration and major side effects.
• Provide input into plan of care. Evaluates patients response to care and revises plan of care appropriately.
• Promotes patients independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient friends and family to understand condition, medications and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Maintains state Licensure.
• Maintains department specific certifications per policy.
• Refers to policy and procedures when appropriate.
• Perform shift assessment/reassessment per policy. Responds appropriately to serious or life threatening emergencies, and communicates effectively with the health care team.

Registered Nurse:

• Required documentation specific to Registered Nurse includes the RN ADMISSION ASSESSMENT, completed within 24hrs of a all patient admissions to an inpatient unit (ICU, TELEMETRY WEST, TELEMETRY EAST/OBSERVATION,

SURGICAL 4W, ACUTE REHAB UNIT)

• Registered Nurses are required to administer specific IV medications per policy.
• Performs and documents reassessments per policy. Responds appropriately to serious and/or life threatening emergencies and communicates effectively to healthcare team.
• Registered Nurses are required to "check off" blood and blood products and initiate transfusions per policy, then able to delegate to an LVN.
• Develop nursing plan of care, prioritizing identified problems and needs. Evaluates patients response to care and revises plan of care accordingly.

Medical specialties:

• Urgent Care
• Medical-Surgical

Physical setting:

• Acute care
• Long term care
• Clinic

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Overtime
• Holidays
• Extended hours

Requirements

Experience:

• Nursing: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• RN (Required)
• BLS Certification (Required)

Benefits

• Life insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance