RN - 7N Med Surg/Urology-Bariatrics (Casual), St. Vincent

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on 7North, a 13-bed medical-surgical unit serving urology, bariatrics, and general medical-surgical patients at St. Vincent Hospital. The nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates care for individuals and families, remaining accountable as a licensed nurse for the quality of care delivered. The RN provides leadership in a professional practice setting, supports team development through role modeling and mentoring, and assigns or delegates work based on patient needs and staff competency. The nurse uses the nursing process to develop and deliver individualized care, collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals, promotes safety and quality initiatives, and evaluates patient and family satisfaction. The RN is expected to maintain clinical competence through ongoing learning, feedback, and professional development, and to follow hospital policies and applicable legal, ethical, privacy, and information-security requirements.

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 based on patient needs and the skills of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when acting in a charge role.
Consider the safe environment, patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes when assigning work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care and health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate LPN practice within the LPN scope as appropriate.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care according to patient needs, physician direction, nursing practice, and hospital policy, including patient and family involvement.
Establish culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with the patient, family, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families against norms when possible 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 and professional development using formal and independent learning activities, current research, and evidence.
Participate in professional organizations, systematic peer review, and feedback activities to maintain and develop practice.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Continuously evaluate patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives.
Communicate compassionately and in a patient- and family-centered manner; assess and attempt to resolve patient and family concerns.
Use effective time management to complete assigned duties within the established work shift.
Comply with the company code of conduct, applicable laws and policies, HIPAA, and information-security requirements.