Rn Jobs in St Cloud

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
• One year of relevant and current professional experience.
• Attend one week of orientation and computer training before scheduling shifts for unit precepting.
• Ability to work in the required minimum number of clinical area groupings for the selected work commitment.

Nice To Haves

• At least 18 months of recent hospital experience is preferred.
• Experience or skill sets that support precepting in multiple clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Identify and meet personal learning needs, attend relevant education programs, use patient education materials with assistance, and assess patients' and caregivers' readiness and ability to learn.
• Identify expected patient outcomes, seek guidance when revising plans of care, participate in interdisciplinary care evaluation, and communicate information to support continuity of care.
• Deliver care to patients with complex problems, including appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety considerations; perform bedside point-of-care testing as required.
• Follow healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures; organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs.
• Consult appropriate resources in a timely manner for complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
• Develop professional growth goals, work toward those goals, contribute to collaboration and unit goals, and participate in performance-improvement activities.
• Use communication systems effectively, promote cost-effective care, give feedback to coworkers, remain aware of relevant public policy and regulatory guidelines, and promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Assess complex situations to determine care priorities, synthesize assessment data, anticipate discharge needs, and build relationships that help families advocate for the patient and themselves.
• Collaborate with patients and families to prepare or update plans of care, use multidisciplinary resources, address cultural and ethnic considerations, and prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Read relevant research and bring ideas and questions to staff for consideration of their applicability to practice.