Staff RN 12 Hr Union - LBH Med Surg Acute 1

Lower Bucks Hospital • Bristol, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides safe patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN delivers 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 care provided to assigned patients. The role communicates changes in patients’ clinical conditions to physicians, 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 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, serving the Lower Bucks County region with medical, surgical, and emergency care. It has more than 200 physicians on staff and approximately 700 employees.

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 maintain current.
• Previous acute care hospital experience.
• Ventilator management experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
• Direct and guide patient and family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel.
• Maintain standards of care in the Med/Surg/Telemetry Unit.
• Take direct responsibility and accountability for the care of 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 a patient’s condition or response to treatment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed