Registered Nurse - Athens Emergency Department - FT 0.9 (72 hrs biweekly) (74282)

Memorial Health System • Athens, OH

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About The Position

In an environment of continuous quality improvement, the Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care and directs and guides patient teaching and the activities of ancillary personnel. The nurse exhibits the MHS Standards of Excellence and maintains strict confidentiality. The position includes assessing and monitoring patients, implementing and documenting care, coordinating with patients and families and the interdisciplinary team, and triaging patients effectively. The nurse maintains current knowledge of and practices within the scope of hospital policies.

Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse licensure in Ohio, or a West Virginia license if working in West Virginia.
• BLS certification upon hire.
• Annual stroke education certification upon hire.
• ACLS, PALS, and TNCC certifications within one year of employment.
• Maintain compliance in RQI.
• Verbal, clerical, and numerical skills, manual dexterity, color vision, and near visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• ASLS certification preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Participate in bedside shift reports and handoffs.
• Perform hourly rounding.
• Obtain required patient assessments and reassessments in accordance with nursing policy.
• Coordinate timely and adequate teaching for patients and their families or significant others in preparation for discharge, and document teaching appropriately.
• Implement and monitor nursing interventions.
• Document assessments, interventions, and outcomes in Meditech within the required timeframe.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounding and collaborate with team members to identify patient needs.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and communicate with physicians using SBAR.
• Manage patient care effectively and delegate appropriately according to patient needs and caregiver skills.
• Use interpersonal communication that facilitates productive relationships with team members.
• Foster positive relationships through trust and mutual respect, and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families based on empathy and trust.
• Promote a positive patient experience and seek help from appropriate resources as needed.
• Maintain current knowledge of and practice within the scope of hospital policies.
• Clarify unclear communication among healthcare team members and use proper channels of authority to communicate information.
• Triage patients effectively and maintain competency.
• Collect data concerning patients' physical, psychological, and psychosocial health status.
• Develop and revise plans of care and teaching plans based on assessed patient and family needs and changes in diagnosis or needs.
• Perform admission, handoff, transfer, and discharge procedures as part of the nursing process.
• Coordinate the physician's plan of care with the admission assessment and discharge needs.
• Use A.I.D.E.T. during all patient interactions.
• Assume other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Benefits

• Affordable, comprehensive benefit package for 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