Clinical Nurse

Job Summary:
Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Essential Duties:

• Education:
  • Participates in identifying and addressing personal learning needs.
  • Attends educational programs based on identified areas for improvement.
  • Utilizes patient education materials relevant to the patient population.
  • Assesses the readiness to learn of the patient, family, and caregivers.
  • Evaluates developmental levels of patients and factors affecting their ability to learn.
• Evaluation of Care:
  • Identifies expected patient outcomes.
  • Seeks guidance as needed in revising the plan of care.
  • Participates in discussions with interdisciplinary team members regarding patient care evaluation.
  • Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation:
  • Demonstrates competence in caring for patients with complex conditions, addressing physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects.
  • Performs bedside point-of-care testing as required for patient care plans.
  • Adheres to healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in care delivery.
  • Organizes and prioritizes care according to the needs of patients and families.
  • Consults with appropriate resources in a timely manner about patients with complex issues, unusual teaching needs, and those at high risk for discharge planning.
• Leadership:
  • Works towards establishing goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
  • Achieves set goals and objectives within a specified time frame or renegotiates with a supervisor if necessary.
  • Knows activities that encourage intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
  • Contributes to the development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
  • Effectively uses communication systems.
  • Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
  • Provides constructive feedback to co-workers.
  • Stays informed about public policy and regulatory guidelines impacting the healthcare environment.
  • Fosters a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all.
• Patient Assessment:
  • Recognizes and interprets data from complex situations to establish care priorities.
  • Addresses appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
  • Synthesizes assessment data into a meaningful whole for effective communication.
  • Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and their families.
  • Builds relationships with families to enhance their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
• Planning:
  • Collaborates with patients and families to prepare or update care plans.
  • Utilizes available multidisciplinary resources in planning patient care.
  • Employs a full range of communication mechanisms to convey planning details.
  • Identifies and considers cultural and ethnic factors in patient care planning.
  • Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex needs.
• Research:
  • Reads journals containing studies or articles relevant to practice.
  • Brings ideas and questions to the collective staff for assessment of applicability.

Skills and Experience:

• Required Skills & Experience: One (1) year of nursing experience.
• Preferred Skills & Experience: N/A

Education:

• Required Education:
  • Nursing Diploma