RN - Med Surg 8S - Part Time Nights

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Maintains current license and certifications
• •Maintain up to date BLS and HI
• •Annual TB Screening and Influenza vaccination
• •Annual Ethics Training (Initial Ethics, if new employee)
• •Annual Safety Training
• •Required Information Security course
• •Required Abuse & Neglect course
• •Annual Blood Borne Pathogens training (if required)
• •Coursework as assigned for .edu
• •Annual competency
• •Age/Population specific competency (if applicable)
• •orientation competency (if new hire)
• •Service Specific
• •Maintains currency in all hospital/unit information, communication, policies and procedures
• •Attends staff meetings/reviews minutes when absent
• •Participates in Committee(s), Shared Governance, Work Team(s), in a leadership and or in membership role
• •Reviews Hospital/Nursing publications
• •Keeps up to date with policies and procedures
• •Participates and or keeps up to date with Shared Governance and Unit Based Practice Council activities and information
• •Contributes to requests for feedback
• •Responds positively to change
• •Provides assistance and support to peers, co-workers and other team members
• •Adapts positively to changes in unplanned work load and job demands
• •Participates in and maintains a collaborative team approach toward work
• •Functions as a resource person to co-workers, patients/families, medical staff and other members of the health care team
• •Effectively assumes and delegates care and other activities to the appropriate team member
• •Communicates the plan of care to be followed on each individual patient in a precise and professional manner
• •Responsible for the supervision and teaching of students/new staff nurses
• •Practices standard precautions and disposes of hazardous wastes per established guidelines
• •Maintains a safe, clean, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients/ families/employees in accordance to hospital standards
• •Maintains clutter free environment
• •Follows hand hygiene procedures
• •Utilizes Safe Patient Handling techniques and equipment
• •Keeps personal conversations/background noise to a minimum
• •Adheres to dress code
• •Reports risk management concerns using eSRM
• •Assists in developing and implementing nursing unit goals
• •Remains current with evidenced based practice initiatives
• •Identifies opportunities for improvement, participates in data collection when requested, suggests solutions, communicates using appropriate lines of authority and works toward problem resolution
• •Participates in the performance/process improvement process
• •Assists in developing unit based Performance Improvement and action plans
• •Leads a performance improvement team when requested
• •Contributes to data collection
• •Participates in evaluation of Performance Improvement results
• •Participates in nursing research activities
• •Participates in Departmental and Hospital Performance Improvement activities when warranted
• •Participates in occurrence reviews
• •Contributes to the maintenance/improvement of all nursing quality indicators
• •Demonstrates knowledge and skills of normal growth & development necessary to provide services to the age of the patient served by the department
• •Demonstrates ability to assess and interpret age specific data to identify patient needs
• •Utilizes communication skills necessary to interpret age specific responses to service and interaction
• •Involves family or significant other in decision making related to services provided
• •Demonstrates ability to provide service needed for the age groups routinely served by the department assigned
• •Uses resources efficiently
• •Recommends change in practice that increase efficiency and minimize waste
• •Documents chargeable supplies and equipment used to provide care
• •Prioritizes responsibilities and completes work on time
• •Utilizes non-clinical time in a constructive manner