RN - Medical Progressive Care (NEW GRAD) Jefferson

Highmark Health•Jefferson Hills, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse on Jefferson Hospital’s 5 South Medical Progressive Care Unit assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals and families. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The 28-bed unit provides high-level cardiac monitoring and integrated care for patients with respiratory failure, heart failure, and patients who may require BiPAP, chest tubes, or titratable intravenous drips. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to deliver individualized care in accordance with hospital policy and professional standards.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

Certification in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and the skills of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunch breaks when serving in a charge role.
Consider the safety of the environment, the patient’s condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes when assigning work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback about clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Contribute to a culture where staff can acknowledge mistakes and take appropriate risks.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluations of clinical care and health services.
Promote patient-safety initiatives and participate in department quality initiatives, including use of appropriate order sets.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate LPN practice within the LPN scope of practice, as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with prescriptions, hospital policy, and patient and family needs.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families against available norms to determine care needs.
Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue continuous learning, use current research and other evidence to maintain and develop professional skills, and support the learning of others.
Participate in professional organizations and systematic peer review; seek feedback and identify professional development needs.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction, participate in department satisfaction initiatives, communicate compassionately, and attempt to resolve patient and family concerns.
Use effective time management to complete assigned duties within the established work shift.