SWU Registered Nurse- 7p

Colquitt Regional Medical Center•Moultrie, GA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides optimal nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing nursing functions for patients on the unit. This includes initiating, implementing, and updating patient care plans, making appropriate nursing assignments, and maintaining high standards of patient care, including specified rounding requirements. The role involves identifying problems and guiding personnel to solutions, fostering a positive working climate, and accurately and promptly implementing physicians' orders. The nurse administers medications skillfully, maintains accurate and complete records, ensures necessary supplies and equipment are available, and participates in planning changes and improvements. Additionally, the position involves participating in hospital safety programs, enforcing infection-control policies, effectively responding to emergencies, and keeping the House Supervisor informed of patient needs and unit acuity. The nurse is also responsible for maintaining all required education, evaluating personnel performance, assisting in policy review, providing assistance to other units, maintaining professionalism and confidentiality, displaying initiative, and adhering to hospital policies regarding punctuality, attendance, and scheduling flexibility. Effective communication with patients and families, adherence to patients' Bill of Rights, and performing all assigned duties are also key aspects of the role.

Requirements

Maintains all education requirements according to organization and state requirements.
Annual completion of World Health Organization hand hygiene education and training and its relationship to infection control in addition to physical demonstration and understanding of compliance monitoring.

Responsibilities

Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit.
Initiates, implements, and updates patient care plan.
Makes nursing assignments appropriate to the skill level of employees.
Maintains acceptable standards of patient care including specified rounding requirements.
Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution.
Creates a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel.
Accurately and promptly implements physicians' orders.
Administers medications skillfully and correctly consistent to policy
Maintains the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting.
Arranges to have needed supplies and equipment on hand.
Participates in planning changes and improvements.
Participates in hospital safety programs.
Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures.
Anticipates and responds effectively to emergency and stressful situations.
Keeps House Supervisor informed of patients, needs, problems, and patient acuity on the nursing unit.
Maintains all education requirements according to organization and state requirements.
Evaluates the performance of personnel with recommendations for appropriate action.
Assists in reviewing and revising policies and procedures.
Willingly provides assistance to other nursing units when requested by management personnel.
Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality.
Displays concern and initiative.
Observes and supports hospital policy.
Adheres to hospital policies regarding punctuality and absences and is flexible with scheduling.
Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors.
Practices scripting and communicates effectively with patients and family members.
Observes and adheres to patients’ Bill of Rights as related to patient care.
Performs any and all job duties as assigned by Director for completion of job requirements.
Annual completion of World Health Organization hand hygiene education and training and its relationship to infection control in addition to physical demonstration and understanding of compliance monitoring.