Rn - Surgical Floor (0.9 Night Shift)

Full time (0.9 FTE) night shift position (36 hours/week) with weekend and holiday requirements.
Position Summary:
The Registered Nurse works in a collaborative and cooperative relationship with other members of the health care team, plans and implements patient and family education and is responsible for assessing the needs and initiating appropriate intervention for patients.
Minimum Qualifications:

• Montana Licensure (Registered Nurse)
• American Heart Association BLS
• Competence in and a willingness and ability to practice modified primary nursing

Essential Job Functions:

• Participates in two hours of initial cerebrovascular disease (stoke) education within one year of hire
• Two hours of verifiable trauma-related education annually
• Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice
• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations
• Collaborates with patient, family and others in the conduct of nursing practice
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment
• Participates in one hour annually of cerebrovascular disease (stroke) education
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine diagnoses or issues (Diagnosis)
• Collects Comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation (Assessment)
• Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
• Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession
• Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes (Plan of Care)
• Implements the identified plan of care
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues
• Integrates research findings into practice
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or the situation
• Complies with hospital policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines related to care for patients with hyper acute and acute stroke
• Stroke Competency:

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to work in a busy and stressful environment
• Ability to work varied shifts
• Self-directed, completes assignments accurately, thoroughly and with minimal oversight
• Demonstrates sound judgement, patience, and maintains a professional demeanor at all times
• Strong emotional intelligence, interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Exercises tact, discretion, sensitivity and maintains confidentiality
• Creativity, problem analysis and decision making

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to the job classification. They are not to be construed as a contract of any type nor an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by individuals so classified.
77330150 Surgical Floor