Trauma - Forbes Hospital

Highmark Health•Monroeville, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a 41-bed Med Surg unit specializing in ortho, stroke, trauma, and neurosurgery patients. It is a faster-paced med surg unit where staff can obtain ortho, stroke, and trauma certifications. Allegheny Health Network (AHN), part of Highmark Health, is a 9-hospital system committed to transforming healthcare. AHN values inclusivity, fresh perspectives, and offers growth and educational opportunities. Forbes Hospital is a 315-bed, Level II trauma hospital providing a wide range of services including trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, obstetrics, and psychiatry within a community setting.

Requirements

Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state 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 area of specialty

Responsibilities

Assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families.
Provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
Contributes to team building by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
Assigns or delegates tasks based on patient needs and staff skill level.
Assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of intervention, and predictability of outcome.
Provides peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues.
Accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture where risk-taking is safe and expected.
Participates on interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care or health services.
Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
Participates in department-specific quality initiatives (e.g., EBP population specific).
Assures appropriate order sets are used.
Supervises delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate, and implement a patient plan of care according to individual needs as prescribed by physician, nurse, and hospital policy, including patient and family.
Derives culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family, and other healthcare providers.
Analyzes the health status of individuals and families, comparing data with the norm to determine patient care needs.
Assesses patient reports/records change of condition and notifies physician and/or supervisor, intervening appropriately and documenting accordingly.
Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit and performs duties within individualized competency.
Demonstrates commitment to continuous lifelong learning for self and others.
Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
Identifies areas of strength and areas where professional development would be beneficial.
Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
Continuously evaluates and assesses patient and family satisfaction.
Participates in department-specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
Promotes compassionate communication that is patient and family-centered.
Assesses for and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
Utilizes effective time management skills to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within the established work shift.