Rn Jobs in Orange County

About The Position

Requirements

• Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• CPR certification.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized nursing care for patients and families.
• Provide leadership in professional practice and contribute to the future of healthcare.
• Help build an effective team through role modeling, mentoring, and sharing knowledge and skills.
• Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs, staff skill level, safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability; assign duties and lunches when serving as charge nurse.
• Provide peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Foster positive employee attitudes, effective communication, trust, collaboration, flexibility, resiliency, and adaptability.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care and health services.
• Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives, including use of appropriate order sets.
• Supervise, delegate, and evaluate assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
• Analyze the health status of individuals and families to determine patient care needs.
• Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
• Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individualized competency.
• Pursue lifelong learning and professional development, use current research and evidence to maintain clinical skills, and participate in professional organizations and peer review.
• Meet time and attendance guidelines.
• Advocate for patients and customers, assess patient and family satisfaction, promote compassionate patient- and family-centered communication, and attempt to resolve concerns.
• Use effective time management to complete assigned duties within the work shift.