Registered Nurse - MG3 Med/Surg - Nights

Trinity Health • Langhorne, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse on the MG3 Med/Surg unit at St. Mary Medical Center provides direct and/or indirect care to assigned patients using professional nursing skills and knowledge. The unit cares for tele-monitored patients, including patients requiring isolation and patients with suicidal or behavioral health needs. It has 26 private rooms and a 5:1–6:1 patient-to-nurse ratio.

The nurse assesses patients’ learning needs, readiness to learn, and potential barriers, incorporating education into daily care while considering age, cultural, and spiritual values. The role includes documenting assessments, care plans, interventions, and medication use; monitoring effects and outcomes; communicating changes in patient condition; prioritizing assignments as situations change; and transferring responsibility and relevant information at the bedside and during interprofessional rounds. The nurse also recognizes special needs, individualizes care, addresses pain management and supportive care, and follows infection-control standards while maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly environment. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing.
• Pennsylvania RN license.
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS).

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ learning needs, readiness to learn, and actual or potential barriers, and incorporate education into daily activities based on age, cultural, and spiritual values.
• Document admission assessments and reassessments, plans, interventions, and medication use, and monitor effects and outcomes according to policy.
• Use the information management system to support communication and document changes in patient condition for appropriate individuals.
• Prioritize work assignments based on changing situations.
• Communicate transfers of patient responsibility and pertinent information at the bedside and during interprofessional rounds.
• Recognize and integrate patients’ special needs and individualize care.
• Recognize abuse and make appropriate referrals.
• Include pain management and supportive care issues in the plan of care.
• Adhere to infection-control standards and promote and maintain a safe, clean, and orderly environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits available from the first day of employment.
• Paid time off.
• 403(b) plan.
• Education assistance.
• Voluntary benefits, including pet insurance, accident insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Flexible schedules.
• Free onsite parking.
• Referral Rewards Program.
• Discounted onsite childcare through Bright Horizons.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time