Registered Nurse (Med/Surg/Tele, 36hr, Day/Night)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse works on the Derenzo Patient Care Unit, a general medical/surgical/telemetry unit. Patients are admitted from the ED, PACU, physicians’ offices, and, infrequently, directly from their residences. The diverse patient population includes patients with medical diagnoses and patients undergoing abdominal, orthopedic, plastic, and urological surgeries, among other procedures. The Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, collaborative planning, and rehabilitation. The nurse collaborates with physicians and other disciplines to ensure quality, cost-effective patient care. This is a day/night rotating position.
Requirements
- Associate's degree required.
- Registered Nurse license required.
- Basic Life Support registration required.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certificate required.
- Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support certificate required.
- 0–1 years of related work experience required.
- Experience with computer systems, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access, required.
- Must be competent to provide patient care to neonatal patients (birth to 6 months), youth (6 months to 16 years), young adults (16–30 years), middle-aged adults (30–60 years), and elderly patients (60+).
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Mutually formulate outcomes with the patient, significant others, and the health care team when appropriate.
- Delegate appropriate patient care activities to co-workers with suitable knowledge and skill levels, and hold them accountable for completing delegated tasks in a timely manner.
- Provide care appropriate to the population groups regularly served and seek assistance from resources when other population groups need care.
- Perform patient teaching as required and provide care in accordance with the plan of care and practice standards.
- Provide care in a non-judgmental manner that respects patients’ rights, autonomy, dignity, and confidentiality.
- Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to ensure quality, cost-effective patient care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
