Clinical Nurse III: General Surgery/Trauma-B3 36 hrs/week Nights
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse III contributes to the creation of a compassionate and caring environment for patients, families, and colleagues. This role involves implementing physician orders, administering medications, starting IVs, performing treatments and procedures, and documenting care. The nurse will order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests, assess patient needs and responses to care, and apply sound nursing judgment. This position provides primary and emergency care for injuries and illnesses, administers medications, and collaborates with the nursing team to develop and implement a Plan of Care. The Clinical Nurse III also directs and guides ancillary personnel and maintains professional nursing standards. This role may require access to sensitive information, including HIPAA Protected Health Information, and adherence to strict data protection policies.
Requirements
- Compassionate and caring demeanor
- Kindness and active listening skills
- Ability to recognize the value of each employee's contribution
- Knowledge of company policy and local/state/federal rules and regulations for documentation
- Ability to order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests
- Ability to assess and evaluate patient needs and responses to care
- Sound nursing judgment
- Ability to provide primary and emergency care
- Ability to administer medications
- Collaboration skills
- Ability to direct and guide ancillary personnel
- Maintenance of professional nursing standards
- Understanding of HIPAA Protected Health Information and other regulated information
- Adherence to "need to know" access principles for sensitive information
- Ensuring minimum necessary information is used or disclosed
- Making reasonable efforts to protect information from unauthorized access and modification
Responsibilities
- Implements physician orders
- Administers medications
- Starts IVs
- Performs treatments, procedures, and special tests
- Documents treatment as required by company policy and local/state/federal rules and regulations
- Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients' conditions
- Assesses and evaluates patient needs for, and responses to, care rendered
- Applies sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions
- Provides primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses
- Administers over-the-counter and prescription medications as ordered
- Collaborates with the nursing team to create a Plan of Care for all patients
- Directs and guides ancillary personnel
- Maintains standards of professional nursing
Benefits
- Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
- A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
