Registered Nurse, Mother/Baby, Full-time Days, Clarksville

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Clarksville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Registered Nurse for their Mother/Baby unit. VUMC is a leading institution in Nashville, Tennessee, focused on patient care, education, and research. The role involves planning, organizing, and administering patient care within the scope of nursing practice, collaborating with other healthcare professionals to achieve optimal patient outcomes. This position operates under the hospital's objectives and policies, as well as the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Tennessee. The hours for this full-time position are 36 hours per week, typically during the day (6:45 AM - 6:45 PM).

Requirements

LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others
Relevant Work Experience
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program
Less than 1 year of experience

Nice To Haves

NURSING PATIENT ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION HOME CARE(NOVICE)
Nursing Patient Education (Novice)
Care Planning (Novice)
Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice (Novice)

Responsibilities

Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
Conducts primary care patient interviews, assesses the safety of the home environment and performs a comprehensive physical assessment.
Recognizes problems, asks questions and contacts the patient's primary care provider.
Provides patient education.
Anticipates resource needs, identifies distinct tasks, sets priorities, schedules activities, meets deadlines, and organizes work within areas of direct responsibility.
Handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units.
Adapts to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity.
Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
Searches for nutrition evidence to answer clinical questions.
Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance and gain knowledge in new areas.
Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.
Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.
Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.
Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.