Registered Nurse (Med/Surg/Tele, 36hr, Day/Night)
About The Position
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. The Derenzo Patient Care Unit is a general medical/surgical/telemetry unit. Patients are admitted from the emergency department, post-anesthesia care unit, physicians’ offices, and occasionally directly from their residences. The diverse patient population includes people with medical diagnoses and patients who have undergone abdominal, orthopedic, plastic, or urological surgeries, among other procedures. This is a night position.
Requirements
- Associate's degree.
- Registered Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) registration/certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certificate.
- Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support (PALS) certificate.
- 0–1 years of related work experience.
- Experience with computer systems, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access.
- BLS is required for all RNs in direct patient care areas; ACLS is required in critical care areas (ED, ICU, ENDO, Radiology, Float, PACU); PALS is required in ED, Float, and PACU.
- Competence to provide patient care to the age groups served, from neonatal through elderly.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Mutually formulate outcomes with the patient, significant others, and health care team when appropriate.
- Delegate appropriate patient care activities to co-workers based on their knowledge and skill levels, and hold them accountable for completing delegated tasks in a timely manner.
- Provide care appropriate to the population groups of patients regularly served and seek assistance from resources when other population groups need care.
- Perform patient teaching 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.
Benefits
- Compensation may include shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, and overtime pay, as applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
