Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical

SSM Health•St. Louis, MO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is a professional practitioner who assesses, manages, directs, and provides nursing care care activities during the patient's hospital stay and coordinates planning with other disciplines utilizing a patient/customer driven approach.

Requirements

Licensed to work as an RN in the state of Missouri
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
Occasional prolonged standing/walking.
Occasionally lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patients.
Occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching.
May be exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases.
Exposure to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, and illness).
Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
Handles emergency and crisis situations.
Subject to irregular hours.

Nice To Haves

Participates in learning experiences that increases professional competence.
Participates in Committee(s), Shared Governance, Work Team(s), in a leadership and or in membership role
Participates and or keeps up to date with Shared Governance and Unit Based Practice Council activities and information. Contributes to requests for feedback.
Orients and/or precepts new employees when required.
Participates in and maintains a collaborative team approach toward work.
Functions as a resource person to co-workers, patients/families, medical staff and other members of the health care team.
Effectively assumes and delegates care and other activities to the appropriate team member.
Redirects clinical staff when the medical plan of care is altered.
Communicates the plan of care to be followed on each individual patient in a precise and professional manner.
Responsible for the supervision and teaching of students/new staff nurses.
Assists in developing and implementing nursing unit goals.
Remains current with evidenced based practice initiatives.
Identifies opportunities for improvement, participates in data collection when requested, suggests solutions, communicates using appropriate lines of authority and works toward problem resolution.
Participates in the performance/process improvement process.
Assists in developing unit based Performance Improvement and action plans.
Leads a performance improvement team when requested
Contributes to data collection
Participates in evaluation of Performance Improvement results.
Participates in nursing research activities.
Participates in Departmental and Hospital Performance Improvement activities when warranted.
Participates in occurrence reviews
Contributes to the maintenance/improvement of all nursing quality indicators.
Demonstrates knowledge and skills of normal growth & development necessary to provide services to the age of the patient served by the department.
Demonstrates ability to assess and interpret age specific data to identify patient needs.
Utilizes communication skills necessary to interpret age specific responses to service and interaction.
Involves family or significant other in decision making related to services provided.
Demonstrates ability to provide service needed for the age groups routinely served by the department assigned.
Uses resources efficiently.
Recommends change in practice that increase efficiency and minimize waste.
Documents chargeable supplies and equipment used to provide care.
Prioritizes responsibilities and completes work on time.
Utilizes non-clinical time in a constructive manner, i.e. completing chart audits, .edu, mandatory education requirements.

Responsibilities

Performs comprehensive nursing assessment/reassessment.
Establishes, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care based on analysis of assessment data, patient diagnosis, lab data, tests, procedures, physician orders, protocols and standards of care and other information as relevant.
Provides and documents nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs, plan of care, and changes in patient status.
Documents and or communicates nursing care and or changes in patient condition.
Provides specialized care to patients at high risk for injury.
Demonstrates accountability for own professional practice.
Ability to relate to coworkers in a professional and appropriate manner.
Safety/Infection Control: Performs job in accordance with safety and infection control policies.
Service: Provides service excellence to the customers of Saint Louis University Hospital by delivering timely, high quality care in a courteous and respectful manner.
Incorporates Performance Improvement and Evidenced Based Practice into individual professional practice.
Age Appropriate Care: Provides age-appropriate care to: Adult Geriatric
Cost Effective Services