Clinical Nurse- Med Surg

Tampa General Hospital•Spring Hill, FL

About The Position

Under general supervision and in accordance with established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, the Clinical Nurse delivers nursing care to patients. The nurse plans and implements care, documents nursing assessments, identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention, formulates and communicates goal-directed plans of care, and assures patient rights. The role also carries out duties in accordance with Tampa General Hospital’s mission, vision, values, and quality-improvement principles. The Clinical Nurse assesses patients in an assigned nursing unit, develops and updates individualized plans of care, coordinates care with patients, families, and the healthcare team, and evaluates patient outcomes. The nurse documents care and communicates significant findings, provides patient education, directs care team members within their scopes of practice, and attends to the physical, psychosocial, and developmental needs of the populations served.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Nursing.
Registered Nurse license issued by Florida or a Compact State.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Nice To Haves

Unit-specific certifications may be required, including Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Stroke National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), or STABLE.

Responsibilities

Comprehensively assess and analyze the health status of patients in the assigned nursing unit.
Complete or ensure completion of admission assessments within the timeframes established by policy and unit standards.
Perform ongoing assessments, document them according to policy and procedure, and report significant findings to the appropriate healthcare team member.
Initiate discharge planning with the initial admission assessment.
Plan patient care with the patient, family, and healthcare team.
Formulate individualized plans of care from assessment data within required timeframes and update them based on subsequent assessments.
Direct, implement, and coordinate patient care activities on the assigned unit to support quality care.
Communicate plans of care to the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbal communication during shifts, and shift reports.
Direct care team members in accordance with their scopes of practice.
Communicate and document patient care, including assessments, plans, interventions, patient responses, and follow-up.
Transcribe and direct implementation of physician orders.
Provide patient education based on assessed needs and evaluate patient understanding.
Evaluate patient outcomes on an ongoing basis and document the effectiveness of interventions and strategies within policy and unit timeframes, involving patients and families in the evaluation.
Provide assessment and care suited to the needs of the patient populations served, including age groups, patients of size, and diagnosis-based needs.
Demonstrate awareness of patients’ physical, psychosocial, and developmental needs as appropriate to the populations served.