Rn - Surgical Floor (Casual Call/ Variable Shifts)

Casual Call (variable shifts, days and/or nights) Registered Nurse position on the Surgical Floor with weekend and holiday requirements. Minimum requirements for hours worked are 36 hours/4 week period after a full time (36hrs/week) training period for 8-10wks. **Must be available all day, Mon-Fri, during a pre-training week for hospital onboarding.
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:

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

Essential Job Functions:

• Analyzes the assessment data to determine diagnoses or issues (Diagnosis)
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or the situation
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues
• Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession
• Complies with hospital policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines related to care for patients with hyper acute and acute stroke
• Participates in one hour annually of cerebrovascular disease (stroke) education
• Collects Comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation (Assessment)
• 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
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes (Plan of Care)
• Integrates research findings into practice
• Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
• Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
• Implements the identified plan of care
• Stroke Competency:
• 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

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

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