Registered Nurse - Belpre Emergency Department - FT 0.9 (72 hrs biweekly)

MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM • Belpre, OH

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in a continuous quality improvement environment and directs and guides patient teaching and ancillary personnel activities. The nurse demonstrates the MHS Standards of Excellence and maintains strict confidentiality. This position is in the Belpre Emergency Department and is full time at 0.9 FTE (72 hours biweekly), working a 12-hour mid shift.

The nurse assesses and reassesses patients, plans and implements care, monitors interventions, documents care in Meditech, and coordinates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members. The role includes triage, patient and family education, admission, handoff, transfer and discharge procedures, and promoting a positive patient experience through therapeutic, respectful communication.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse licensure in Ohio; a West Virginia RN license is required if working in West Virginia.
• BLS certification upon hire.
• Annual stroke education certification upon hire; stroke education is also required during orientation and may include access to stroke policies, online stroke-module education, NIHSS, ASLS, and T-PA administration.
• ACLS certification within one year of employment.
• PALS certification within one year of employment.
• TNCC certification within one year of employment.
• NRP certification within one year of employment.
• Maintain compliance in RQI.
• Verbal, clerical, and numerical skills; manual dexterity; color vision; and near visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• ASLS certification preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Participate in bedside shift report and handoff.
• Perform hourly rounding.
• Obtain patient assessments and reassessments as required by nursing policy.
• Coordinate timely patient, family, and significant-other teaching in preparation for discharge and document it appropriately.
• Implement and monitor nursing interventions.
• Document assessments, interventions, and outcomes in Meditech within required timeframes.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounding and collaborate with team members to identify patient needs.
• Recognize changes in patient conditions and communicate with physicians using SBAR.
• Manage patient care and delegate appropriately based on patient needs and caregiver skills.
• Use effective interpersonal communication to foster productive relationships with team members.
• Build positive, caring relationships based on trust and mutual respect, and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families based on empathy and trust.
• Promote a positive patient experience and seek help from appropriate resources as needed.
• Maintain current knowledge of and practice within hospital policies and clarify unclear communication among healthcare team members.
• Use appropriate channels of authority to communicate information.
• Triage patients effectively and maintain competency.
• Collect data about patients’ physical, psychological, and psychosocial health status.
• Develop and revise plans of care and teaching plans based on assessed patient and family needs and changing diagnoses.
• Perform admission, handoff, transfer, and discharge procedures as part of the nursing process.
• Coordinate the physician’s plan of care with the admission assessment and discharge needs.
• Use A.I.D.E.T. during all patient interactions.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Benefits

• Affordable, comprehensive benefit package for full-time and flex-time employees.
• Bonus eligibility for qualifying full-time or flex-time employees; eligibility is determined upon offer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed