Reg Nurse

UPMC • Steubenville, OH

8h

About The Position

As an employee of Trinity Health System, the Registered Nurse supports the hospital’s mission and role and actively supports its Strategic Plan across People, Service, Quality, Finance, and Growth in a team-based environment. The employee performs duties in compliance with laws and regulations and accrediting agency standards.

The Registered Professional Nurse delivers patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, maintaining professional nursing care standards according to competency criteria. The role includes patient and family teaching, discharge planning, and cooperative work with ancillary nursing personnel and other departments.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current Ohio licensure.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider certification upon hire and before the start date.
• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure; licensure must be in the state where the facility is located or, where applicable, a multistate license issued by a participating Nursing Licensure Compact state.
• Employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who change residency to the state where the facility is located must apply for licensure in that state within 60 days of the change.

Nice To Haves

• Previous psychiatric nursing experience.
• Previous medical-surgical nursing experience.
• CPI training.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process—assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and education—to provide patient care.
• Collect data on patients’ physical and psychosocial status and health history.
• Individualize care plans and incorporate patient and family input.
• Implement physician orders, treatments, and care plan interventions in a timely manner and according to schedule.
• Evaluate and prioritize patient care decisions and communicate relevant information to care providers.
• Educate patients and, when applicable, their families based on assessed learning needs, abilities, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
• Participate and respond appropriately in emergency situations.
• Use the medication administration system and comply with its requirements.
• Participate in patient and family teaching and discharge planning.
• Work cooperatively with ancillary nursing personnel and other departments.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree