Staff Nurse - CVICU- FT- Nights @ LHAAMC

Luminis Health • Annapolis, MD

8h • $39 - $58

About The Position

The Staff Nurse provides direct and indirect patient care as a competent member of the healthcare team, contributing to high-quality, cost-effective healthcare. The nurse applies clinical knowledge and the nursing process to provide individualized care to culturally diverse patients and families, using applicable laws, policies, standards, guidelines, and evidence-based practices. The role includes assessing patients and learning needs, developing and implementing plans of care, administering medications, managing pain, and evaluating patient responses to care.

The nurse supports patient and family education, participates in quality improvement, continuous process improvement, and risk management activities, and promotes safe patient care. The role also includes participation in shared governance, orientation and education of new staff, appropriate delegation and evaluation of care activities, and real-time computer documentation. Employees may be exposed to blood-borne pathogens. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Adhere to AAMC credentialing requirements as stated in the nursing bylaws.
• Current registered nurse licensure from the Maryland Board of Nursing.
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR certification.
• American Heart Association Healthcare Provider ACLS certification required within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Apply clinical nursing knowledge and skills in the unit specialization and use the nursing process effectively in patient and family care.
• Use applicable laws, policies, standards, guidelines, and evidence-based practice in providing care.
• Organize and reprioritize care activities in response to patient or environmental changes.
• Assess patients, collect data, and identify learning needs according to established standards and policies.
• Analyze assessment data and develop individualized problem lists and plans of care with appropriate priorities and mutually agreed-upon goals.
• Implement plans of care and demonstrate proficiency in medication administration, pain management, and unit-specific skills.
• Evaluate care-plan effectiveness and revise plans or make recommendations based on patient responses.
• Assess patient and family learning needs, readiness, learning styles, and barriers; develop, implement, and evaluate teaching plans.
• Apply knowledge of growth and development across the life span and provide culturally, developmentally, and ethically appropriate care.
• Address patients' and families' physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and learning needs in plans of care.
• Participate in quality improvement, continuous process improvement, and risk management activities.
• Support evidence-based guidelines and organizational policies and procedures to promote safe patient care and a safe practice environment.
• Participate in unit shared governance and the education and orientation of new staff.
• Delegate patient-care activities appropriately and evaluate delegated activities for expected outcomes.
• Complete real-time computer documentation in patient records.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement plan with employer contribution; employer match applies to employees working more than 1,000 hours in a calendar year.
• Paid time off.
• Employee tuition assistance benefits.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Paid holidays, disability coverage, and life/AD&D coverage for full-time employees.
• Wellness programs.
• Employee assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time