Registered Nurse - Float Pool (Full-Time, Days)

FMOLHS • Lafayette, LA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way, incorporating differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Relies on education and training to complete responsibilities within scope of licensure as registered nurse.

Requirements

• Scope of licensure as registered nurse
• Knowledge drawn from education and experience
• Documentation standards
• Knowledge regarding unit initiatives
• Knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives
• Evidence based practice and research findings
• Self-evaluation
• Completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management
• Life-long learning
• Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving

Nice To Haves

• Psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data
• Formulating a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning
• Tailoring and prioritizing caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ ethical/ spiritual needs
• Planning of routine transitional health care needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options)
• Responding to changes in patient's needs and providing holistic care using independent clinical judgment
• Adapting planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content
• Integrating education during the delivery of patient care
• Collaborating with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes
• Ensuring efficiency in the delivery of care: determining immediate priorities and offering solutions for problems
• Actively advocating for patient rights and identifying potential conflict
• Seeking counsel for resolution of conflict
• Identifying variances from expected outcomes
• Evaluating patient outcomes and making revisions in the plan of care
• Documenting all patient care activities as per documentation standards
• Assisting the healthcare team with the documentation process
• Communicating/collaborating with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes
• Appropriately delegating patient care activities to other health care team members
• Participating in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity
• Maintaining knowledge regarding unit initiatives, and incorporating the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice
• Participating on unit teams, work groups and/ or committees
• Anticipating needs and voluntarily assisting others
• Demonstrating knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery
• Incorporating evidence based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes
• Acting as a clinical resource and serving as a mentor to health care team members; displaying leadership behaviors
• Identifying own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals
• Accountability for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management
• Ensuring improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning
• Providing direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serving as a resource, preceptor, and mentor
• Performing 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality

Responsibilities

• Performs psycholosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data.
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ ethical/ spiritual needs.
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs. (i.e. treatment options patient placement options, end of life options)
• Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care. Collaborates with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solution for problems.
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict.
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
• Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
• Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards. Assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
• Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
• Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
• Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives, and incorporates the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice.
• Participates on unit teams, work groups and/ or committees. Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others.
• Demonstrates knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
• Incorporates evidence based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors.
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
• Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
• Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving.
• Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level