RN for Observation/Clinical Decision Unit at St Peter's Hospital - Full Time Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides patient care in the Observation/Clinical Decision Unit, a fast-paced setting with frequent patient turnover. The RN assesses patient needs; plans nursing care addressing spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs; ensures the care plan is carried out and evaluated; and modifies care to align with patients’ age, growth, and development and the unit’s scope of services. When serving in a charge role, the RN also performs clinical and leadership functions. The RN is directly accountable to the Nurse Manager for the quality of care delivered. This is a full-time day-shift position at St. Peter’s Hospital. The organization describes the hospital as a Magnet Hospital in the Capital Region and highlights its orientation program, tuition allowance, career development, and shifts intended to accommodate different schedules.
Requirements
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of New York.
- Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) required, from an accredited nursing program.
- Ability to assess, plan, direct, intervene in, and evaluate patient care.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Minimum of 1 year of RN acute-care experience.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assess the needs of each assigned patient.
- Plan nursing care to address patients’ spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs.
- Ensure the plan of care is carried out through personal performance and/or leadership of supervised personnel, and evaluate the plan of care.
- Modify and deliver care appropriate to patients’ age, growth, and development and consistent with the unit’s scope of services.
- When serving in the charge role, perform clinical and leadership functions, assess patient needs, and plan nursing care to meet those needs.
- Deliver care to patients in the Observation/Clinical Decision Unit in a fast-paced setting with frequent patient turnover.
Benefits
- Tuition allowance
- Career development
- Strong orientation program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
