Registered Nurse - Med Surg Tele - Travel

About the position

Provides quality patient centered care considering age specific, developmental, cultural and spiritual needs through competent clinical practice and application of the nursing process. Integrates concepts of relationship-based care into practice in a consistent manner. Assumes accountability for nursing care of designated patients. Demonstrates unit/area designated competencies.

Responsibilities

• Knows, understands, incorporates and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision and Values in leadership behavior, practices and decisions.
• Views patient holistically; considers physical, psychosocial, emotional, age specific, cultural and spiritual factors and demonstrates appropriate assessment skills for an identified patient population.
• Provides critical thinking skills by gathering and analyzing patient information, then responding to a patient situation.
• Implements corrective and/or creative interventions to achieve desired outcomes.
• Develops implements, evaluates and revises an individualized plan of care using evidenced based interventions and standards of care, while actively involving the patient and family.
• Identifies patient and family education needs and develops and implements teaching plan based on existing standards.
• Participates effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary team by collaborating to achieve patient outcomes.
• Understands and is aware of potential hospital acquired conditions such as nosocomial infections, falls and pressure ulcers and actively seeks to prevent.
• Identifies customer service needs and meets or exceeds expectations.
• Provides written and verbal communications and information that is respectful, accurate, timely, concise and thorough.
• Manages team members to provide care for a group of patients during a designated time frame.
• Organizes and prioritizes individual workload around patient and unit needs in an effective manner.
• Stewards available resources effectively.
• Identifies own education and professional growth needs, develops plan and seeks resources to address.
• Completes professional activities such as self-appraisal, Healthstream assignments, licensure renewal contact hours.
• Participates in QI and evidence-based practice activities and integrates resultant changes into practice.
• Identifies problems and initiates appropriate follow up, solution or recommended resolution.
• Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships.
• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, associates, and visitors.
• Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner.

Requirements

• Graduation from accredited nursing program and requires current Nursing License in the state where working and active BLS certification.
• Minimum of eighteen (18) months - two (2) years of recent clinical experience, depending on your specialty.
• Knowledge of nursing theory, practice and age specific needs as demonstrated by successful completion of introductory orientation behaviors for Registered Nurse.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to initiate and maintain collegial relationships with coworkers and therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to perform principal duties and responsibilities of job description.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when planning and performing professional nursing care.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.

Nice-to-haves

• BSN Preferred.

Benefits

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.