Rn - Med Surg/Tele, Ft-Nights, $10,000 Sign On Bonus, Mhw: Mhw - 2 Central -Med Surg/Tele

Summary

Provides direct patient care in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice and with the policies, values, and mission of the organization.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel. May precept student nurses and new hires.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. Monitors, documents, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including disposition, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.

Essential

Competencies and skills:

• PATIENT AND FAMILY CENTERED CARE: "Provides Patient and Family Centered Care to patients, families, visitors and internal customers"
• CUSTOMER SERVICE: Demonstrates commitment to service excellence by promptly addressing internal/external customer issues/requests, resolving concerns while maintaining a professional image and behavior to build and enhance the patient/family/customer experience.
• PROBLEM SOLVING: Ability to identify, analyze and effectively solve problems.
• RESPONDING TO CHANGE: Accepts change and adapts in a positive and productive manner; handles unexpected situations and changes in direction calmly and with confidence. Views new assignments and job responsibilities as an opportunity for growth.
• ACCOUNTABILITY: Accepts ownership of job roles and specific assignments/goals; works independently, takes responsibility for own actions; admits mistakes and judgment errors; and accepts constructive feedback. Connects personal work results to the accomplishment of team and organizational goals.
• DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN OF CARE: Develops and implements a nursing care plan based on the patient's individual needs, an interdisciplinary approach, and evidence-based practices.
• KNOWLEDGE OF DISEASE PROCESS: Applies knowledge of practices and interventions for specific populations with specific conditions.
• PATIENT SAFETY - NURSING: Complies with and ensures patient safety practices in the clinical setting.
• STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR: Acts in a manner that supports the standards of communication, respect, privacy, and teamwork by demonstrating a commitment to professional and ethical conduct.
• ORGANIZATION SKILLS: Organizes work to achieve maximum efficiency.

Education

Essential:

• Accredited Program

Essential

Education specialization:

• Nursing

Credentials

Essential:

• BLS American Heart E-Card
• Registered Nurse License
• BLS Certification

Essential

Education equivalent experience:

• Registered/Professional Nursing Program

Other Information

Complexity of Work: Department specific credentials- ONCC Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider Certificate Required for those RN's administering chemotherapy.- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required for ICU, ED, PACU, Endo, Tele, OB, MHN Pre-Op and Specialty Procedural areas.- PALS required for Pediatric areas with the exception of NICU. Certification in Fetal Monitoring through National Credential Center or through AWOHNN (Intermediate or Advanced) for L&D RN's.- Newly licensed RN's have 6 months to obtain ACLS and/or PALS, and Fetal Monitoring if L&D.Note: For added clarification, see Mandatory Education Requirements Grid.

Required Work Experience: One (1) year of work experience.

Essential

Working conditions:

• Kneeling 60.00%
• Audible Speech 80.00%
• Pushing or Pulling > 75 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Smelling Acuity 40.00%
• Repetitive Movement Hand/Arm 80.00%
• Magnetic Fields 40.00%
• Reaching 80.00%
• Computer Monitor 80.00%
• Climbing 40.00%
• Standing 80.00%
• Domestic Animals 40.00%
• Heating Devices 40.00%
• Wet or Slippery Surfaces 60.00%
• Pushing or Pulling 26 - 75 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Bending and Stooping 80.00%
• Hazardous Chemicals 80.00%
• Seeing - Far 80.00%
• Lifting or Carrying 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Squatting 80.00%
• Dust 60.00%
• Potential for Physical Assault 40.00%
• Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens 80.00%
• Depth Perception 80.00%
• Potential Electric Shock 40.00%
• Running 40.00%
• Walking 80.00%
• Bio hazardous Waste 80.00%
• Biological Hazards - Skin or Ingestion 80.00%
• Distinguish Color 80.00%
• Blood and/or Bodily Fluids 80.00%
• Hazardous Medication 80.00%
• Cytotoxic Chemicals 60.00%
• Keyboard Entry 80.00%
• Repetitive Movement Foot/Leg 40.00%
• Biological Hazards - Respiratory 80.00%
• Pushing or Pulling 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient 80.00%
• Fire Risk 40.00%
• Needles/Sharp Objects 80.00%
• Hearing Acuity 80.00%
• Lifting or Carrying 25.01 lbs - 75 lbs Non-Patient 40.00%
• Sitting 60.00%
• Gas/Vapors/Fumes 80.00%
• Lifting/Carrying Patients 35 Pounds or Greater 80.00%
• Seeing - Near 80.00%
• Moving Mechanical Parts 40.00%

Organizational Profile

Memorial Hospital West opened in 1992 with 100 beds to serve the growing population of western Broward. Today, the hospital has 384 beds and is one of the busiest and most technologically advanced in the region.

Memorial Hospital West’s Many Respected Specialty Programs Include

• Women’s Services
• Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments
• The Family Birthplace
• Memorial Cancer Institute
• Memorial Rehabilitation Institute
• Memorial Neuroscience Institute
• Medical and Surgical Services
• Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, including Broward County’s first adult inpatient autologous transplant unit
• Bariatric/Weight-Loss Surgery Program
• Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute

Truven Health Analytics and Modern Healthcare magazine named Memorial Hospital West one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals in 2013 and 2014 – and the hospital has been consistently recognized by The Leapfrog Group with an “A” Ranking for Patient Safety.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended, nor should it be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.