RN, Med/Surg, Full time nights, Tullahoma

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Tullahoma, TN

12h

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: Medical Surgical Job Summary: Responsible for planning, organizing, and administering patient care within the scope of his/her training and expertise, collaborating with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes is met. This is done in conjunction with the objectives and policies of the hospital and the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Tennessee. . Hours of Position: Full-time (36 hours/week), nights (7p-7a) The Med/Surg Unit is located on the 2nd floor at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital (VTHH). It is a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Unit. There are 30 beds on the unit and the Nurse to patient ratio is 1:5-6. The environment on our unit is friendly, patient-focused, and based on teamwork. We care for adult and pediatric patients from infants to geriatrics who are being treated for a variety of medical diagnoses. Our patients are unique because they live in our communities. One of the perks of working on our unit is our willingness to nurture our new graduate nurses. Our nurses are successful because they have a support system, are treated with kindness, and develop a sense of teamwork. We orient new nurses to our unit by providing a six-to-eight-week unit-specific orientation with a dedicated preceptor. WE ENCOURAGE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. If your career goal is to gain strong clinical experiences, the VTHH Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Unit can help with this by exposing you to a variety of diagnoses and providing you with the skill set to build upon. We are always interested in expanding our team of RNs and LPNs. Our Nursing Philosophy: We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being. As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered: Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options Dental and /or vision plan 403 (b) retirement plan Paid Time off (flex PTO) Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied) Short-Long term disability Subsidized backup childcare And many more... Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program! Achieve the Remarkable: Learn more about VUMC Nursing here .

Requirements

LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others
Relevant Work Experience
Less than 1 year
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Responsibilities

Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.