Registered Nurse - Nights

Orlando Health•Saint Cloud, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position requires critical knowledge, skills, and judgment to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance. The nurse will utilize information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions. They will identify and prioritize information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action. The role involves monitoring and adjusting specialized equipment, interpreting and recording electronic displays, and responding to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol. The nurse will observe, monitor, and assess patients’ condition, recognize and interpret serious situations, and call a Physician or take preplanned emergency measures when a Physician is not immediately available. They will assess patient needs, develop/revise an individualized plan of care, and evaluate patient progress. The role also includes functioning as a patient and family advocate, demonstrating advanced knowledge and skills for age-appropriate care, and serving as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician. Communication and collaboration with the medical staff and interdisciplinary team are essential for effective planning and management. The nurse will serve as a role model, support hospital and nursing department goals, and demonstrate knowledge of growth and development principles. Coordination of care and delegation to team members are key responsibilities, as is documenting patient care accurately and consistently. Competency in nursing skills and equipment use is required, along with prioritizing patient care based on Evidence-Based Practice Standards. Effective problem identification and resolution, delegation of tasks, and communication of patient condition are also crucial. The nurse will demonstrate caring practices, awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights, and collaborate with the education department for new team member and student support. Maintaining regular attendance and compliance with policies is expected.

Requirements

One year emergency room experience required for the nights
Maintains current State of Florida RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license
Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP required for Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU).

Responsibilities

Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.
Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
Functions as a patient and family advocate.
Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/ department.
Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.
Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs.
Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.
Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes but is not limited to patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills.
Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.
Practices effective problem identification and resolution.
Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications.
Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other health care team members.
Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.
Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.
Collaborates with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students.
Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.