Registered Nurse- Weekender

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients in assigned areas using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role is based in Labor and Delivery in Memphis, Tennessee, and is scheduled for weekends. The nurse delivers care according to medical regimens, patient-specific standards, organizational policies, and procedures, including care of ambulatory practice patients. Responsibilities include evaluating patient needs, documenting clinical findings and care, performing ordered interventions, educating patients and families, responding to emergencies, and collaborating with the care team. The nurse also supports unit operations through supervising and instructing support personnel, maintaining competencies and records, participating in training and quality improvement, and maintaining a safe environment.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved nursing school or program.
Registered Nurse state licensure and/or compact-state licensure permitting practice in Tennessee, required upon hire.
Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification, required upon hire.
Experience caring for patients in an inpatient setting.
Education, training, or experience qualifying the nurse to work with school-age, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients as dictated by the specialty assignment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care according to medical regimens, patient conditions, applicable standards, and established policies and procedures.
Initiate and complete patient assessments using presenting problems, medical diagnoses, functional health needs, and information from patients, families, laboratories, and medical reports.
Verify that required treatment and procedure consents are signed and patient identification procedures are completed.
Determine nursing diagnoses and care priorities, including patient teaching, discharge planning, and developmental needs; document assessments and clinical judgments.
Complete ongoing assessments, revise priorities and nursing diagnoses based on new information, and involve family or other significant individuals as appropriate.
Plan and implement care for assigned patients and perform therapeutic nursing interventions as ordered by physicians and consistent with applicable standards, competencies, safety, infection control, and risk-management practices.
Complete histories and physical assessments; administer medications, treatments, and immunizations; prepare, position, and drape patients for examinations or procedures; provide assistance during procedures; and coordinate referrals.
Monitor patient responses during treatment or procedures, including temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration, and initiate corrective action when monitoring or life-support equipment indicates adverse symptoms.
Provide pain-control interventions and patient and family education, including developing, delivering, and evaluating patient teaching outlines.
Document assessments, clinical priorities, interventions, patient responses, and progress toward outcomes; maintain medical records and perform charting duties.
Respond to and participate in medical emergencies, including initiating or assisting with CPR/BLS as required.
Use patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
Collaborate courteously with patients, families, and hospital staff regarding patient needs in compliance with iRESPECT Standards and patient-satisfaction expectations.
Instruct, assign, and supervise LPNs and other assigned support personnel; assist with orientation and oversee new staff members and students providing care as part of training.
Transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies between areas.
Collaborate with forensic teams and security to provide a safe environment for patients in custody.
Complete required training and education, attend staff meetings and mandatory in-services, and maintain position competencies.
Contribute to annual reviews of unit-based scope statements and important aspects of care for clinical review; assist with developing indicators, thresholds, study methods, and data collection as assigned.
Respond to opportunities to improve care and support organizational performance-improvement initiatives.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment and follow policies and compliance, quality-improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Prepare and maintain records, reports, and files required for administrative and compliance purposes.