Registered Nurse - Medical Telemetry & Geriatrics (2 North) - FT 0.9 (72 hrs biweekly) (73812)

Memorial Health System • Marietta, OH

12d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in an environment of continuous quality improvement, directs and guides patient teaching and ancillary personnel, and follows Memorial Health System’s Standards of Excellence and confidentiality expectations. The role assesses patient needs, develops and revises plans of care and teaching, implements and monitors nursing interventions, documents care in Meditech, and coordinates with patients, families, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team through admission, handoff, transfer, and discharge. The nurse recognizes and communicates changes in patient condition, manages and delegates care appropriately, supports a positive patient experience, and practices within hospital policies. Current RQI compliance is required.

For nurses assigned charge nurse duties, additional responsibilities include nurse leader rounds, shift checks, chart-audit support, staff assignments based on skill and patient acuity, managing unit throughput, reporting performance and operational concerns to the nursing unit manager, assisting with conflict resolution, modeling positive staff behaviors, supporting departmental change, and serving as an incident-reporting super user when assigned.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse licensure in Ohio, or a West Virginia RN license if working in West Virginia.
• BLS certification required upon hire.
• ACLS certification required within one year of employment.
• Verbal, clerical, and numerical skills; manual dexterity; color vision and near visual acuity; and knowledge of proper lifting techniques and body mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Participates in bedside shift report and handoff.
• Performs hourly rounding.
• Obtains patient assessments and reassessments as required by nursing policy.
• Develops and revises patient care and teaching plans based on assessed needs and changes in diagnosis.
• Coordinates and documents timely patient and family teaching in preparation for discharge.
• Implements and monitors nursing interventions and documents assessments, interventions, and outcomes in Meditech within required timeframes.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and collaborates with team members to identify patient needs.
• Recognizes changes in patient condition and communicates with physicians using SBAR.
• Manages patient care and delegates appropriately based on patient needs and caregiver skill.
• Uses effective interpersonal communication and fosters productive, respectful relationships with colleagues, patients, and families.
• Seeks appropriate assistance, clarifies unclear healthcare-team communication, and uses proper channels of authority.
• Collects data on patients’ physical, psychological, and psychosocial health status.
• Performs admission, handoff, transfer, and discharge procedures and coordinates care with the physician’s plan, admission assessment, and discharge needs.
• Maintains current knowledge of and practices within hospital policies and maintains RQI compliance.
• Assumes other duties and responsibilities as necessary.
• When serving as charge nurse, completes daily nurse leader rounds and assigned shift checks.
• When serving as charge nurse, assists with nursing documentation chart audits and completes staff assignments based on caregiver skill and patient acuity.
• When serving as charge nurse, manages unit throughput and adjusts assignments as needed.
• When serving as charge nurse, reports performance, safety, staffing, and behavioral concerns to the nursing unit manager and assists with conflict resolution when the manager is absent, in collaboration with the house supervisor.
• When serving as charge nurse, models integrity, fairness, and consistency; supports departmental change; and serves as an incident-report super user when assigned.

Benefits

• Affordable, comprehensive benefits package available to 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