RN - Pediatrics

Job Responsibilities:

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans in consultation with healthcare professionals.
• Evaluating medical information, as well as providing direct and individualized bedside nursing care to pre-and post-surgery patients.
• Preparing, administering and recording prescribed medications.
• Changing dressings, inserting catheters, and starting IVs.
• Adjusting specialized medical equipment as needed, as well as interpreting and recording measurements.
• Monitoring patients' vitals and reporting adverse reactions to medications in a timely manner.
• Collaborating on discharge planning with the healthcare team.
• Answering questions and educating patients and their families on surgical procedures and post-surgery care.
• Maintaining and updating patient files, medical charts, and health records.
• Adhering to best nursing practices, standards, and protocols.

Skills:

• Minimum two (2) years of Med/Surg Pediatrics experience in a large acute care hospital setting. The most recent experience should be within the past year.
• Physical assessment.
• Medication administration.
• Wound care & Infection control
• IV therapy.
• Post-operative care.
• Patient education.
• Telemetry monitoring.
• EPIC EMR experience. - preferred

Education:

• Associates Degree in Nursing from an accredited educational institute.

Required Certification & Licensure:

• New York State RN License & Primary Source Verification.
• AHA BLS.

Shift:

• 7:00 PM-7:30 AM
• 34.50/weekly
• 3 days a week

Department:

• BEL01 8N PEDS