Rn - Patient Care Ii: Corp - Care Coordination Cntr

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

• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel. May precept student nurses and new hires.
• 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:

• KNOWLEDGE OF DISEASE PROCESS: Applies knowledge of practices and interventions for specific populations with specific conditions.
• 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.
• PROBLEM SOLVING - PATIENT CARE: Ability to identify, analyze and effectively solve problems.
• ORGANIZATION SKILLS (4): Organizes work to achieve maximum efficiency.
• 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.
• PATIENT SAFETY - NURSING: Complies with and ensures patient safety practices in the clinical setting.
• 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.
• 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.

Education

Essential:

• Accredited Program

Essential

Education specialization:

• Nursing

Credentials

Essential:

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

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

Organizational Profile

Since the opening of the one-story, 100-bed Memorial Hospital in 1953, the South Florida community has benefited from caring and compassionate healthcare at Memorial Regional Hospital. Today, with 553 beds and as the flagship facility of Memorial Healthcare System, Memorial Regional Hospital is one of Florida’s largest and most sophisticated hospitals, offering leading-edge care and technologies. Services include:

• Wasie Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Medical and Surgical Services
• Emergency Room and Level I Trauma Center
• Women’s Services
• The Family Birthplace
• Memorial Cancer Institute
• Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute
• Memorial Neuroscience Institute

We are also home to a team of dedicated professionals, all of whom deliver nationally recognized, award-winning care. Memorial Regional Hospital has received Press Ganey’s Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Satisfaction (Inpatient Behavioral Health) for three consecutive years, has been recognized by Truven Health Analytics as one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, and for the last seven years has received the Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association.

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.