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About The Position

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited Nursing program.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing. (BSN)
• Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• RN who is matriculated in a BSN Program with a graduation date within the year.
• Any Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) RN with Nursing experience must be approved by the CNO.
• Documented previous experience or educational preparation to support credentials.
• Name: RN (1 Year) Issuing Agency: DOH / Office of Professions
• Name: Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certificate (Required Depts.: L&D, NICU) Issuing Authority: American Heart Association
• Name: ACLS (Required Depts.: ED; PACU/ASU; ICUs; Telemetry Units; SDU; IR, Interventional Cardiology (CCL/EP/Echo); L&D Endoscopy, and APN Adult Oncology) Issuing Authority: American Heart Association
• Name: BCLS Issuing Authority: American Heart Association
• Name: PALS (Required Depts.: ED; PACU; Endoscopy; IR; Peds ICU, and APNs Pediatric Oncology) Issuing Authority: American Heart Association

Nice To Haves

• Specials skills/experience may be required in specialized areas.

Responsibilities

• Conducts Nursing assessment based on interview, examination, observation and review of records of the patient
• Ensures that the patient’s progress, or lack of progress, is reflected in progress notes and in the revised care plans
• Discharge planning consistent with the patient’s status and reflects inter-departmental and inter-agency communication
• Communicates information to the patient based on the patient’s level of awareness and readiness to learn
• Supports orientation of new staff members by observing professional behaviors, providing feedback to the staff member and by acting as a preceptor, role model and a resource person
• Functions as a professional role model and mentor for students and volunteers.
• Patient care assignments reflecting an awareness of patient needs and skill level of personnel
• Organization of provision of care to meets priority needs of patients and unit
• Communicates condition of patients and unit requiring additional intervention to the leadership person in the relevant discipline
• Participates in the development of other staff members
• Communicates with peers in an appraisal of practice as it relates to self and other nursing personnel
• Reflects a collaborative effort in meeting the needs of the patient and unit through communication and nursing actions
• Provides direction, assistance and support
• Assumes accountability and responsibility for completion and quality of assigned tasks
• Identifies and communicates to immediate supervisor the need for further staff education
• Reflects awareness of authorities and responsibilities of nursing management levels by communication with nursing leadership
• Seeks and utilizes nursing leaders as role models and resource persons
• Reflects collaborative effort in meeting patient and unit needs by communication with other disciplines
• Reflects the philosophy, goals and objectives of the Department of Nursing and the Hospital Center in communication and interaction with families and other groups

Benefits

• The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.