Registered Nurse (RN) - General, Ortho, Plastics Inpatient Surgery, Rotation

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health • Lebanon, NH

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About The Position

The Clinical Nurse provides evidence-based nursing care and continuously monitors and evaluates practice to support safe patient care for the populations served. The role is in an inpatient surgery service specializing in general surgery, orthopedics, and plastics, with an emphasis on helping patients get moving and recover from injury and operations. The schedule is full-time, consisting of three 12-hour shifts with day/night rotation.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
• Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate required upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized plans of care.
• Use critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, modifying the plan of care or escalating concerns to the care team as needed.
• Practice in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics; advocate for patients, uphold autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent, and help patients and families express self-determination.
• Seek feedback and act to improve performance.
• Engage in the governance of practice.
• Manage interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
• Mentor colleagues to advance nursing practice and the profession.
• Assume authority and accountability for patients’ nursing care while appropriately delegating care to other care-delivery team members in accordance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Prioritize and organize time to optimize patient outcomes.
• Seek current evidence and standards and apply them to daily practice.
• Model a culture of inquiry and contribute to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
• Communicate effectively in a variety of formats across all areas of practice.
• Partner with others to effect change and produce positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
• Precept student nurses, nurse externs, nurse residents, experienced clinical nurses, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed