Registered Nurse

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

13d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients in the assigned area, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role provides care consistent with medical regimens, applicable standards, policies, procedures, patient conditions, and population-specific needs. The nurse performs initial and ongoing assessments, establishes and updates nursing diagnoses and priorities, plans and delivers therapeutic interventions, monitors patient responses, and documents care and outcomes. The Registered Nurse educates patients and families, coordinates referrals, responds to medical emergencies, and collaborates with patients, families, hospital staff, forensic personnel, and security. The role also supports and supervises assigned LPNs and other support staff, helps orient new staff and students, maintains required competencies and records, and participates in training, quality improvement, and performance improvement activities. The nurse maintains a clean, orderly, and safe environment and follows compliance, infection-control, and safety standards.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved nursing school or program.
RN—Registered Nurse state licensure and/or compact state licensure to work in Tennessee, required upon hire.
BCLS—Basic Life Support certification, required upon hire.
Experience caring for patients in an inpatient setting.
Education, training, or experience qualifying the candidate to work with school-age, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients as required by the specialty assignment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care according to medical regimens, patient conditions, applicable standards, policies, and procedures.
Initiate and complete patient assessments using presenting problems, medical diagnoses, functional health needs, and information from patients, families, laboratories, and medical reports.
Verify that treatment and procedure consents are signed and required patient identification procedures are completed.
Determine and update nursing diagnoses and priorities for care, including patient teaching, discharge planning, and developmental needs.
Assess, plan, and implement care for assigned patients, including ordered therapeutic interventions and population-specific care.
Complete patient histories and physical assessments; administer medications, treatments, and immunizations; prepare and position patients for examinations and procedures; and assist during procedures.
Monitor patient responses, including vital signs, and initiate corrective action when monitoring or life-support equipment indicates adverse symptoms.
Coordinate patient referrals and provide patient and family education, including developing and evaluating teaching outlines.
Document assessments, clinical priorities, interventions, patient responses, progress, status, and care in medical records and patient computer systems.
Respond to and participate in medical emergencies, including initiating or assisting with CPR/BLS as required.
Work collaboratively and courteously with patients, families, hospital staff, and other relevant personnel to address patient needs.
Instruct, assign, and supervise LPNs and other support personnel, and assist with orientation and oversight of new staff and students providing patient care.
Transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies between areas.
Collaborate with the forensic team and security to maintain a safe environment for patients in custody.
Complete required training and continuing education, attend staff meetings and mandatory in-services, and maintain position competencies.
Contribute to unit scope reviews, clinical review activities, performance improvement initiatives, and efforts to address opportunities to improve care.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment and comply with quality, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Prepare and maintain required administrative and compliance records, reports, and files.