Registered Nurse (Inpatient)- RN New Graduate

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

91d•Onsite

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. At LCMC Health, we value the unique qualities each individual brings to work, recognizing that these 'little extras' contribute to extraordinary patient care. We have cultivated a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary, evident in our work environment and our people. Every patient we heal, family we comfort, and life we improve is a result of these combined efforts. Join LCMC Health and discover how our everyday actions contribute to an extraordinary outcome.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited professional school of nursing.
Current Louisiana Nursing License.
CPR verification.
Meets specific departmental criteria and/or certifications.
Basic nursing skills.
Proficient communication and interpersonal skills.
Time management and organizational skills.
Astute observational and assessment skills.
Utilization of proper body mechanics.
Proper operation of infusion pumps, Dinamaps, and fax machines.
Knowledge and utilization of hospital computer system.

Nice To Haves

Enrollment in a BSN program within the first year of hire and completion within 3 years.
BSN
Specific departmental criteria and/or certifications.
Special skills or training.

Responsibilities

Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care based on LCMC Health standards and policies.
Delegates tasks to professional and non-professional personnel involved in patient care.
Facilitates and maintains a safe environment for patients and others, with a specialty in wound care treatment and prevention.
Performs priority technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.
Actively promotes and supports LCMC Health’s performance improvement initiatives, including infection control, maintaining the environment of care, and participating in quality improvement activities.
Utilizes the nursing process to deliver patient care, organizing, prioritizing, and coordinating all aspects of care for assigned patients.
Supervises the activities of other unit personnel providing care to assigned patients.
Communicates essential information, data, and significant events to appropriate persons, including patient condition, changes in condition, lab/diagnostic data, intake/output, nutrition needs, assessment findings, shift reports, and patient/family/physician complaints.
Keeps patients informed and provides updates as appropriate, contributing positively to patient throughput.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to identify actions to improve patient care and education.
Seeks supervision, consultation, and assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.
Delegates safely and appropriately to other team members.
Performs proper hand-off to ensure continuity of care and communicates problems.
Advises supervisor of current or anticipated problems and completes assignments in a timely fashion.
Uses age-appropriate principles of learning and initiates, consults, and collaborates with patient education resources.
Works closely with physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and social workers to meet patient/family educational needs.
Continuously displays a positive attitude that contributes to patient satisfaction and utilizes the service recovery process.
Recognizes customer needs and begins to solve problems as they arise.
Contributes to the team by providing assistance to others without being asked.
Maintains current knowledge in nursing practice.
Regularly participates in activities to maintain and expand nursing knowledge in the area of practice.
Readily assists others and works in designated alternative areas when needed.