Registered Nurse I
About The Position
Under the direct supervision of the Clinical Manager or designee, the Registered Nurse I implements, supervises, and evaluates nursing care for each patient using the nursing process and following hospital and departmental policies and procedures. From admission through discharge, care planning considers the aging process throughout the life span, developmental stages, and cultural patterns. Employees are expected to model Brown University Health’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate the core Success Factors: Instill Trust and Value Differences; Patient and Community Focus; and Collaborate. The role includes direct patient care and unit-specific competencies for patient search and safety processes. The position works nights from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. every other weekend and holiday at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
Requirements
- Current Registered Nurse license in Rhode Island, or licensure under the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement.
- Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care throughout the life span, considering aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns.
- Obtain NIHSS Certification within three months of hire.
- Complete eight hours of continuing stroke education annually.
- Minimum two years of clinical experience in medical-surgical nursing, ambulatory services, or surgical services in a hospital setting.
- Positive, caring, customer-service-oriented attitude.
- Visual and aural ability to monitor patient status.
- Physical ability to assist with lifting and positioning patients and to perform extensive walking and standing, including lifting, positioning, and pushing patients on stretchers.
Nice To Haves
- Baccalaureate in Nursing (BSN).
- Certified Wound Nurse certification; preferred credentials include American Board of Wound Management certification, Certified Wound Specialist (CWS), or Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (CWOCN).
- Previous high-volume clinic experience in an outpatient setting.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care.
- Delegate, supervise, and participate in safe nursing care activities provided by ancillary personnel.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of patient care and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with the healthcare team, patient, family, and community services on patient outcomes and discharge planning.
- Assess and provide teaching based on patient and family needs.
- Participate in unit-based quality improvement and research activities.
- Use available resources to provide quality, cost-effective patient care.
- Maintain clinical competencies through credentialing standards, mandatory and safety education, and completion of Basic Life Support and ACLS/PALS as appropriate.
- Identify growth needs and participate in educational opportunities and professional organizations.
- Serve as a role model or preceptor to new graduate nurses and less experienced personnel.
- Assume charge nurse responsibility for the patient care unit as delegated.
- Carry out patient search and safety competencies, including securing and itemizing personal belongings, intake processing, wanding, use of paper scrubs and hospital socks, vital signs, and breathalyzer or blood glucose testing if needed.
- Perform suicide risk assessment and safety checks, including confirming patient location every 15 minutes, limiting visitors, and conducting initial and ongoing contraband and environmental checks every two hours.
- Complete D-pod Net Learning Modules, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training, competency testing for wanding and safety/environmental rounds, and BLS.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
