Registered Nurse-Hourly Per Diem

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Job Description

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

Obtains and documents patient's medical history and perform physical assessment

Uses proper techniques and procedures according to accepted standards of practice and center policies and procedures

Ability to apply dressings and assess status

Ability to safely use medical equipment per manufacturer's instructions for use

Ability to insert, assess, or discontinue various catheters and tubes

Effectively organizes and avoids wasteful practices of time, equipment, and supplies

Observes universal precautions

Attends all required education

Regular and predictable attendance

Performs other duties as assigned

Regulatory/Compliance:

Contributes to the progress and development of the center's compliance program

Performs according to accreditation requirements, regulatory standards and center policies and procedures

Adheres to patients' rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties

Adheres to rules and regulations for Protected Health Information (PHI) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) protections of patient information

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI):

Performs according to the centers adopted policies and procedures

Ensures compliance with the center's adopted quality assurance performance improvement program (QAPI), policies and procedures

Proactively contributes to the QAPI process and identifies his or her own role and contributions

Safety:

Adheres to best practices and regulations adopted, to provide safety in the workplace

Uses surgical safety checklist

Monitors the Center's physical environment to ensure the maintenance of safety, comfort, cleanliness, and efficiency

Monitors the care, cleaning, and required maintenance of equipment to maintain proper working conditions

Reports observed or suspected safety violations and hazards to the Safety Officer; ensure ongoing policy/procedure compliance

Adheres to OSHA regulations in performing job duties and responsibilities

Communication:

Ability to professionally and effectively communicate patient care needs and significant information to healthcare team to promote continuity of patient care in a clear and concise manner

Works collaboratively with center leadership on patient and staff scheduling according to policies, procedures, and center needs

Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions, and professionally interact with physicians, managers, employees, clients, vendors, and the general public

Interacts with others in a positive, respectful and considerate manner

Teamwork:

Works collaboratively with the healthcare team

Delegates staffing duties appropriately to unlicensed assistive personnel and LVN/LPN, accordance with scope of practice and center policies and procedures

Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure non-compliance to Center Leader, Safety Officer, and Clinical Director

Actively participates in staff meetings, in-services, continuing education, and the quality improvement (QAPI) program

Financial Practices:

Uses Center resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices

Reports wasteful practices

Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements

Professional competence:

Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences

At a minimum, maintains membership in professional organizations per center requirements

Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities

Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with center personnel

Assists Center Leadership with orientation and training of new personnel

Demonstrates ability to act as a resource for problems related to patient care

Essential Values, Codes Of Conduct:

Demonstrates knowledge of and adheres to the Code of Conduct

Adheres to the Scope of Practice

Supports the centers mission statement and goals

Complies with the centers standards for ethical business conduct

Works with Center Leadership to ensure patient and physician satisfaction

Adheres to policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, attendance, timeliness, safeguarding confidential information

Reports incidents in a timely manner

Demonstrates an attitude of caring, respect, sensitivity, tact, compassion, empathy, and tolerance

Exhibits mental alertness for quality decision making and exercises good judgment

Exhibits high level of integrity

Ability to multi-task effectively, efficiently, accurately, and with attention to detail

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and percentages

Language Skills:

Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English, if bilingual Center, bilingual language is required. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to successfully write business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions, and professionally interact with healthcare team, clients, vendors, and the general public.

Reasoning Ability:

Demonstrates an ability to recognize and define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and correct errors. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions and forms to understand abstract and concrete variables. Ability to think critically using inductive and deductive reasoning.

Physical Demands:

Ability to sit, stand and walk for long periods of time, i.e., 6-8 hours per day

Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects up to 50 pounds in weight

Ability to use abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously without "giving out" or fatiguing

Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Ability to position or transport patients, prepare medical procedure rooms, or set up patient care equipment

Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position

Ability to keep or regain your body balance and stay upright

Ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath

Ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears

Specific vision abilities for close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment:

Days and hours of work may vary to meet patient and Center needs

The Center is a well-lit, ventilated and climate controlled environment. The Center may require decreased lighting to meet patient care needs or procedure requirements, such as laser rooms and some OR/Procedure rooms

Ability to work with medical and office equipment, some of which will have moving parts

Noise level is usually quiet to moderate

May have exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials or toxic chemicals and cleaning solutions

Work in close proximity to patients, co-workers, and physicians

One Saturday a month is required for Per diem RN's

Pay Rate based upon experience $35.00-38.00

Holidays off

Qualifications

Behaviors:

Preferred:

Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject

Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose