Nurse 1 (Registered Nurse)
Ohio Department of Administrative Services•Dayton, OH
•Onsite
About The Position
This role involves providing comprehensive nursing care within a healthcare facility. The Registered Nurse will administer medications, perform treatments, and assist with various medical procedures and clinics. Key responsibilities include patient assessment, documentation, emergency response, and patient education. The position also involves collaboration with other healthcare staff, participation in quality assurance, and administrative duties. The nurse will also be responsible for training new personnel and serving as a clinical lead in certain situations.
Requirements
- Current licensure as registered professional nurse in state of Ohio as issued by Board of Nursing per Section 4723.03 of Ohio Revised Code.
- Nursing
- Urgent and Emergency Care
- Basic Medical Procedures
- Medical Charting
- Direct Support/Direct Care
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Teamwork
- Cultural Awareness
Responsibilities
- Administers medication (e.g., oral intramuscular and intravenous) and monitors patient medication compliance
- Performs treatments and performs or assists with nurse’s sick call
- Assists with doctor’s sick call
- Performs or assist with nursing management of chronic care clinics
- Responds to emergencies providing emergency care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Performs subjective and objective assessment of patients
- Collects vital signs and timely documents all findings
- Collects urine and/or other bodily fluid specimens
- Prepares patients for release or transfer to other facilities (e.g., intrasystem or out to court) by reviewing patient care, transfer summaries or release summaries
- Ensures discharge medication orders are completed and timely forwarded to pharmacy services
- Participates in work-related training and institution training exercises.
- Provides assistance to other healthcare staff
- Investigates and documents problem areas or areas of concern
- Reviews shift report from preceding shift(s)
- Assist physicians with medical procedures
- Assumes duties of other nurses during absences
- Counsels/provides education to patients regarding healthcare maintenance and prevention of disease
- Participates in quality assurance activities
- Provides training and work direction to new nurses, agency nurses, licensed practical nurses, and/or hospital aides
- Serves as a resource person for other healthcare and security staff regarding healthcare matters
- Provides orientation and training for new healthcare personnel at the direction of the Nursing Supervisor
- Serves as the lead clinical authority on site in the absence of the HCA, QIC, medical director and/or advanced level provider staff
- Participates in group programming
- Participates in health and wellness initiatives
- Performs administrative duties as indicated
- Attends meetings
- Schedules multidisciplinary team meetings
- Assumes the duties of shift charge as assigned by the HCA making shift work assignments and adjustments as necessary
- Performs or assist with inventory and ordering of medical supplies
- Assists ancillary staff as needed to ensure patient care needs are met
Benefits
- Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
