Registered Nurse - MG1 Step Down - Days

Trinity Health • Langhorne, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides quality care and is responsible for the direct and/or indirect care of assigned patients using professional nursing skills and knowledge. The role is on the MG1 Step Down Unit at St. Mary Medical Center, which cares for tele-monitored trauma, bariatric, stroke, and critical care patients. The unit has approximately 26 private rooms and a 3:1–4:1 nurse-to-patient ratio.

The nurse assesses patients’ learning needs and readiness to learn, identifies barriers, and incorporates education into daily care while considering age, cultural, and spiritual values. The nurse documents assessments, plans, interventions, and medication use; monitors effects and outcomes; uses the information management system to communicate and document changes in patient condition; and prioritizes work as situations change. The nurse also communicates patient responsibility transfers and relevant information at the bedside and during interprofessional rounds, recognizes individual and special needs, incorporates pain management and supportive care into care plans, follows infection control standards, and promotes a safe, clean, orderly environment. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• BSN from an accredited school of nursing.
• Pennsylvania RN license.
• AHA BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ learning needs and readiness to learn, identify 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 enhance communication and document changes in patients’ conditions 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.
• Apply knowledge of abuse recognition and referral.
• Include pain management and supportive care issues in plans of care.
• Adhere to patient-care-specific infection control standards and promote and maintain a safe, clean, and orderly environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, mental health, paid time off, 403(b), education assistance, and voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident insurance, and hospital indemnity, available from the first day of employment.
• Flexible schedules to support work/life balance.
• Free onsite parking.
• Referral Rewards Program.
• Discounted onsite childcare through Bright Horizons.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time