Trauma, Forbes Hospital

Highmark Health•Monroeville, PA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on a 41-bed medical-surgical unit specializing in orthopedic, stroke, trauma, and neurosurgery patients. The unit is described as faster-paced, and nurses can earn orthopedic, stroke, and trauma certifications there. The role assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for assigned individuals and families. The RN is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. Forbes Hospital is a 315-bed Level II trauma hospital in Monroeville and is part of Allegheny Health Network, a nine-hospital system within Highmark Health. The hospital provides services including trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, obstetrics, and psychiatry.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

Certification in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and the skills of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider environmental safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes when assigning or delegating work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback about clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Help foster a culture in which mistakes can be acknowledged and appropriate risk-taking is safe.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams evaluating clinical care or health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives, including evidence-based practice and use of appropriate order sets.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate LPN practice within the applicable scope.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with physician direction, nursing and hospital policy, and patient and family needs.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other health care providers.
Analyze individuals' and families' health status against normal findings when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify a physician or supervisor, intervene appropriately, and document actions.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue lifelong learning, use current research and evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills, and promote the profession through participation in professional organizations.
Participate in systematic peer review, seek feedback, and identify strengths and opportunities for professional development.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
Communicate compassionately with patients and families, assess their concerns, and attempt to resolve them.
Use effective time-management skills to complete assigned duties within the established work shift.