RN for Observation/Clinical Decision Unit at ST Peters Hospital - FT Nights
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 each patient’s needs; plans nursing care that addresses spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs; and ensures the care plan is carried out and evaluated. Care is tailored to patients’ age, growth, and development within the unit’s scope of services. When serving in a charge role, the RN performs clinical and leadership functions, including assessing patients and planning the nursing care needed. The RN is directly accountable to the Nurse Manager for the quality of patient care delivered. This is a full-time, 12-hour night-shift position at St. Peter’s Hospital. The posting highlights the hospital’s Magnet recognition, orientation program, tuition allowance, career development, and positions and shifts intended to accommodate different schedules.
Requirements
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in New York State.
- Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) required from an accredited nursing program.
- Ability to assess, plan, direct, intervene, and evaluate patient care.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Minimum of 1 year of RN acute-care experience.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited nursing program.
Responsibilities
- Assess the needs of each assigned patient.
- Plan nursing care that addresses patients’ spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs.
- Carry out the plan of care through personal performance and/or leadership of supervised personnel, and evaluate the plan of care.
- Modify and deliver care according to patients’ age, growth, and development and the unit’s scope of services.
- When serving in the charge role, perform clinical and leadership functions, assess patient needs, and plan nursing care.
- Be accountable to the Nurse Manager for the quality of patient care delivered.
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
