Staff Nurse - Med/Surg - 0.9FTE - 7p-7a

Broadlawns Medical Center•Socorro, NM

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the general supervision of the department nurse leader, the Staff Nurse prescribes, provides, delegates, evaluates, and coordinates comprehensive professional nursing care for a designated group of patients. The nurse works cooperatively with ancillary and other healthcare team members to maintain professional nursing practice standards in the clinical setting and oversees non-professional nursing personnel in providing care. The role maintains nursing-care standards and Medical Center, Nursing Services, and Iowa Code Chapter Six policies and procedures. It involves ongoing patient assessment; development and implementation of individualized, age-appropriate care plans with the interdisciplinary team; evaluation of care; delegation of nursing work; patient and family education; medication administration; and response to emergencies. The nurse also contributes to staff orientation, unit and Nursing Services goals and standards, performance improvement, and unit meetings. The position promotes quality- and cost-effective care and patient and family satisfaction, supports Broadlawns Medical Center’s values and service standards, protects confidentiality, maintains professional competence and required training, documents accurately and promptly in the EMR, demonstrates computer competency and effective communication, and follows organizational policies and procedures.

Requirements

Current RN license recognized by the State of Iowa Board of Nursing.
Demonstrated competence in Basic Life Support (Health Care Provider) before providing independent patient care.
Computer data-entry and general program-navigation capability and competence.

Responsibilities

Prescribe, provide, delegate, evaluate, and coordinate comprehensive professional nursing care for a designated group of patients.
Work cooperatively with ancillary and other healthcare team members and oversee non-professional nursing personnel in providing nursing care.
Maintain nursing-care standards and implement Medical Center, Nursing Services, and Iowa Code Chapter Six standards, policies, and procedures.
Perform ongoing, systematic patient assessments, including environmental, self-care, education, and discharge-planning factors.
Develop individualized, goal-directed, age-appropriate plans of care with the interdisciplinary team to address patients’ mental, physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs.
Implement care using established standards and evidence-based practices, and evaluate its effectiveness in relation to patient needs and staff capabilities and qualifications.
Assign nursing-care team members in accordance with patient needs and staff capabilities and qualifications.
Identify patient and significant-other learning needs and implement appropriate measures.
Administer medications and evaluate their effectiveness.
Respond efficiently to emergencies using established protocols.
Participate in orientation of new personnel.
Participate in developing and attaining unit and Nursing Services goals and in developing generic and unit-specific standards.
Participate in performance-improvement activities, unit meetings, and conferences to improve patient care.
Communicate effectively, identify and resolve problems, and use lines of authority appropriately.
Promote quality- and cost-effective nursing practices and patient care that support patient and family satisfaction.
Comply with HIPAA and confidentiality standards and all policies and procedures.
Maintain professional growth, competence, unit-specific training, competency monitors, and required annual hospital-wide training.
Document accurately, concisely, and promptly, including in the EMR, and demonstrate competence in specified computer applications.
Demonstrate a consistent team approach to care and effective communication strategies.