Registered Nurse - MG3 Med/Surg - Nights

Trinity Health • Langhorne, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides quality care and is responsible for the direct and/or indirect care of assigned patients using professional nursing skills and knowledge. The role is on the MG3 Med/Surg unit at St. Mary Medical Center, caring for tele-monitored patients, including patients requiring isolation and patients with suicidal or behavioral health needs. The unit has 26 private rooms and a stated patient-to-nurse ratio of 5:1–6:1.

The nurse assesses patients’ learning needs and readiness to learn, identifies barriers, and incorporates education into daily care while considering age, cultural, and spiritual values. The nurse documents assessments, care plans, interventions, medication use, and outcomes; uses the information management system to support communication; prioritizes assignments as situations change; and communicates patient responsibility transfers and pertinent information at the bedside and during interprofessional rounds. Care is individualized to patients’ special needs and includes pain management, supportive care, abuse recognition and referral, infection control, and maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly environment. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• BSN from an accredited school of nursing.
• Pennsylvania RN license.
• AHA BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ learning needs and readiness to learn, identify actual or potential learning barriers, and incorporate patient education into daily activities based on age, cultural, and spiritual values.
• Document admission assessments and reassessments, plans, interventions, medication use, and the monitoring of effects and outcomes according to policy.
• Use the information management system to enhance communication and document changes in patients’ conditions to appropriate individuals.
• Prioritize work assignments based on changing situations.
• Communicate transfer of patient responsibility and pertinent information at the bedside and during interprofessional rounds.
• Recognize and integrate patients’ special needs and individualize care.
• Recognize abuse and make appropriate referrals.
• Include pain management and supportive care issues in the plan of care.
• Follow infection-control standards specific to patient care and promote and maintain a safe, clean, and orderly environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, mental health, paid time off, 403(b), education assistance, and voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident insurance, and hospital indemnity, available from the first day of employment.
• Flexible schedules to support work/life balance.
• Free onsite parking.
• Referral Rewards Program.
• Discounted onsite childcare through Bright Horizons.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level