Staff RN Per Diem 12 Hr - LBH Med Surg Acute 1

Lower Bucks Hospital • Bristol, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining standards of care in the Med/Surg/Telemetry Unit. The RN is directly responsible and accountable for the care provided to assigned patients. The RN communicates changes in a patient's clinical condition to the physician, including cardiac monitoring, diagnostic study results, and symptoms, and responds quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

Lower Bucks Hospital is a community hospital serving the Lower Bucks County region with medical, surgical, and emergency care. Located in Bristol, Pennsylvania, it has more than 200 physicians on staff and approximately 700 other employees. It is a member of Prime Healthcare.

Requirements

• Current and valid state RN license.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current; preferred.
• Previous acute-care hospital experience preferred.
• Ventilator management experience preferred.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
• Previous acute-care hospital experience.
• Ventilator management experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
• Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel.
• Maintain standards of care in the Med/Surg/Telemetry Unit.
• Remain directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients.
• Communicate changes in patients' clinical conditions to physicians, including cardiac monitoring, diagnostic study results, and symptoms.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.

What This Job Offers

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