Registered Nurse - Pre admission

FMOLHS • Jackson, MS

1d

About The Position

Coordinates and delivers patient care using the health care team philosophy practice model. Coordinates and does patient teaching and discharge planning. Coordinates activities with ancillary departments. Maintains standards of department and the hospital. Reports to Nurse Manager or designee. Responsibilities Job Function : Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit. Prolonged periods of standing, walking, or sitting while on duty. Lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 50 pounds with or without assistance. Transferring, repositioning patients. Reaching, stooping, bending, kneeing, and crouching for patient care functions. Visual and auditory acuity and manual dexterity essential to performing designated duties required. Optimal auditory acuity required. Manual dexterity involving the handling of equipment and instruments or needles is essential to performing assigned duties. Ability to perform effectively in a stressful and fast-paced environment. Ability to pass all required health and other screening tests. Physical conditions are clean, neat and well lit. Maybe subjected to unpleasant sights and odors, stressful situations and hazardous or infectious agents where judgment as to precautions need to be taken is essential. Climate control and ambient temperature variances may be experienced. Exposure to limited amounts of hazardous chemicals or substances and infectious disease processes are a possibility. Hours of duty maybe irregular or unexpectedly extended due to emergency circumstances. Direct contact with blood or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply. Personal protective equipment is made available and must be worn.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited program in nursing.
• Employee must demonstrate ability to recognize patients' individual needs based on medical conditions, age adolescents, young adults, middle-aged and geriatric), limitations and planned procedures.
• Requires good judgment in delivering patient care
• Requires good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to function in stressful situations
• Current review in CPR.
• Must be willing to rotate shifts, days off and work area
• Current Registered Nurse license to practice in the state.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in general duty nursing preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit.
• Coordinates and delivers patient care using the health care team philosophy practice model.
• Coordinates and does patient teaching and discharge planning.
• Coordinates activities with ancillary departments.
• Maintains standards of department and the hospital.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees