SWU Registered Nurse- 7p

Colquitt Regional Medical Center•Moultrie, GA

27d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for providing the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit. The nurse will initiate, implement, and update patient care plans, make nursing assignments appropriate to the skill level of employees, and maintain acceptable standards of patient care including specified rounding requirements. The position also involves identifying problems and guiding personnel to their solution, creating a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel, and accurately and promptly implementing physicians' orders. The nurse will administer medications skillfully and correctly consistent with policy, maintain standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting, and ensure needed supplies and equipment are available. Participation in planning changes and improvements, hospital safety programs, and supporting/enforcing infection-control policies and procedures are also key aspects of the role. The nurse will anticipate and respond effectively to emergency and stressful situations, keep the House Supervisor informed of patients, needs, problems, and patient acuity on the nursing unit, and maintain all education requirements according to organization and state requirements. Evaluating personnel performance with recommendations for action, assisting in reviewing and revising policies and procedures, and willingly providing assistance to other nursing units when requested by management personnel are also expected. Maintaining a professional approach with confidentiality, displaying concern and initiative, observing and supporting hospital policy, and adhering to hospital policies regarding punctuality and absences, while being flexible with scheduling, are crucial. Cooperation and maintenance of good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors are essential. The role includes practicing scripting and communicating effectively with patients and family members, observing and adhering to patients’ Bill of Rights as related to patient care, and performing any and all job duties as assigned by the Director for completion of job requirements. Annual completion of World Health Organization hand hygiene education and training and its relationship to infection control, in addition to physical demonstration and understanding of compliance monitoring, is required.

Requirements

Sitting, walking and standing
Lifting objects up to 50 lbs.
Lifting and turning patients with/without assistance
Kneeling, crouching, stooping and squatting
Pushing and pulling patients with/without assistance
Twisting of hand and wrist
Reaching
Motor coordination and manual dexterity (meds and treatment)
Hearing acuity (distinguish heart and breath sounds)
Visual acuity (read gauges and dials on equipment)
Color vision (changes in patient skin color and colors of medication)
Working with or near chemicals
Working near radiation sources
Working near fumes
Working with hazardous waste
Wearing protective clothing and/or equipment
Exposure to blood borne pathogens
Maintains all education requirements according to organization and state requirements.

Responsibilities

Planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit.
Initiating, implementing, and updating patient care plans.
Making nursing assignments appropriate to the skill level of employees.
Maintaining acceptable standards of patient care including specified rounding requirements.
Identifying problems and guiding personnel to their solution.
Creating a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel.
Accurately and promptly implementing physicians' orders.
Administering medications skillfully and correctly consistent to policy.
Maintaining the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting.
Arranging to have needed supplies and equipment on hand.
Participating in planning changes and improvements.
Participating in hospital safety programs.
Supporting and enforcing infection-control policies and procedures.
Anticipating and responding effectively to emergency and stressful situations.
Keeping House Supervisor informed of patients, needs, problems, and patient acuity on the nursing unit.
Maintaining all education requirements according to organization and state requirements.
Evaluating the performance of personnel with recommendations for appropriate action.
Assisting in reviewing and revising policies and procedures.
Willingly provides assistance to other nursing units when requested by management personnel.
Maintaining a professional approach with confidentiality.
Displays concern and initiative.
Observes and supports hospital policy.
Adheres to hospital policies regarding punctuality and absences and is flexible with scheduling.
Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors.
Practices scripting and communicates effectively with patients and family members.
Observes and adheres to patients’ Bill of Rights as related to patient care.
Performs any and all job duties as assigned by Director for completion of job requirements.
Annual completion of World Health Organization hand hygiene education and training and its relationship to infection control in addition to physical demonstration and understanding of compliance monitoring.