RN | Med Surg/Tele | Full Time | Nights

Concord Hospital - Franklin 2 South , is located in a 25-bed critical access facility that cares for the people of Franklin and the surrounding areas. 2 South manages a variety of medical conditions (not limited to CHF/ COPD exacerbations, cellulitis, seizures, pancreatitis, and sepsis) by a team of healthcare professionals, including nurses, doctors and therapists. Our 14 bed inpatient medical unit has been expanding, offering short-term subacute skilled care and rehabilitation services! Our skilled and restorative care program provides a full range of services: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy and recreational therapy. We see a variety of patient recovering from orthopedic surgery, medical events and other conditions requiring intensive therapy. Staffed daily with two nurses and two LNAs, a medical provider, rehabilitation services and recreational therapy. We are a close-knit community where you'll find that everyone knows each other's names and everyone works together to provide the best outcomes for our patients. This team has 6 months-22 years on this unit and the knowledge and experience that each individual brings to the team is crucial to the success of the team. We are currently growing our program, which offers continued improvement and advancement in your career. We hope you consider joining our team!

Education

Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Licensure required: Current New Hampshire State Registered Nurse license.

Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.

Schedule

30 hours a week

Experience

Related Experience/Training: a. Evidence of experience in working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multi-disciplinary team. Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.

Responsibilities

• Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
• Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
• Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
• Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
• Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
• Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care. Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
• Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
• Administers medications to patients.
• Provides direct patient care.
• Leads the health care team.
• Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak, and walk. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand. The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood borne pathogens, and bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.