Registered Nurse RN, FT, Compass, $15,000 sign-on-bonus

Unity Health•Searcy, AR

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering patient care through assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse collaborates with other professional disciplines to support effective, efficient care and desired patient outcomes, and serves as a resource nurse when oriented and directed. The role supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values; incorporates patients’ age, cultural diversity, spiritual needs, and emotional needs into care; and contributes to quality nursing care through performance-improvement techniques that demonstrate positive patient outcomes. The position is classified as safety sensitive. The job requires an individualized orientation of at least two weeks and generally no more than three months. The nurse must be able to practice nursing using the nursing process, including administering prescribed treatments, medications, and diagnostic tests; formulating a plan of care using the problem list; collaborating with other healthcare providers; and educating patients or their significant others. The posting advertises a $15,000 sign-on bonus.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
Current licensure in the State of Arkansas.
Proficient oral and written communication skills.
Ability to practice nursing through diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health alterations.
Ability to utilize the nursing process in providing nursing care.
Maintain good physical and emotional well-being.
Able to assist with lifting and moving patients, pushing carts, wheelchairs, and other equipment, and lifting or pushing up to 50 pounds.
Able to bend over to perform duties such as checking chest tube drainage and urinary output.
Able to maneuver throughout halls, stairways, and patient rooms in response to hospital emergencies.
Visual and auditory skills to interpret environmental input.
Able to perform significant amounts of writing and computer entry and make trips to various departments.
Able to work with exposure to malodorous, infectious patient body fluids and minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents; protective gloves, masks, gowns, and goggles may be required.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care through assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation, and evaluation.
Collaborate with other professional disciplines to support effective and efficient care and desired patient outcomes.
Serve as a resource nurse when oriented and directed.
Incorporate patients’ age, cultural diversity, spiritual needs, and emotional needs into patient care.
Contribute to quality nursing care through performance-improvement techniques that demonstrate positive patient outcomes.
Administer prescribed treatments, medications, and diagnostic tests.
Formulate a plan of care using the problem list.
Collaborate with other healthcare providers and provide education to patients and/or significant others.