Registered Nurse (RN)

Job Summary

As a Registered Nurse, you will perform professional nursing functions to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. You will coordinate, manage, provide, and delegate nursing care while ensuring adherence to established Standards of Nursing Practice and fostering teamwork among the healthcare staff.

Job Requirements

• Education and Work Experience:
  • Graduate of a nursing program: Required
  • One year of recent acute care RN experience: Required
• Licenses/Certifications:
  • Current RN license in the state of practice: Required
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per organizational policy: Required

Essential Functions

• Ensure that patients’ personal needs are met and assist in minimizing the noise level within the nursing unit.
• Demonstrate a commitment to collaboration with co-workers and work as a team to meet patient needs.
• Maintain the confidentiality of patient, co-worker, and organizational information.
• Document patient care clearly, concisely, and legibly, delivering comprehensive reports.
• Complete all assigned quality monitoring tasks as directed by the department manager.
• Adhere to infection control guidelines.
• Perform history and physical assessments following unit-specific protocols for patients of all ages.
• Evaluate medical and assessment data to identify abnormal diagnostic results and report findings to the appropriate personnel.
• Provide timely information necessary for discharge planning and communicate with relevant staff.
• Recognize signs and symptoms of cardiac or respiratory distress and other emergencies, demonstrating knowledge and competence in emergency response situations.
• Accurately administer and document medications in compliance with hospital policies, respecting patients’ rights.
• Implement and facilitate patient education and assess the educational needs of patients.
• Assist in training and development of new staff members.
• Participate actively in staff meetings and complete necessary training and competency evaluations for department-specific skills.
• Adapt successfully to changes within the unit, environment, and workflow.
• Ensure all patient charge items are accurately documented and billed.