NURSE RESIDENT

Nurse Resident Registered Nurse I

New Hampshire Hospital offers an individualized, competency-based, partnered, shared-learning experience for the new graduate. The nurse resident will experience a balance between partnered clinical experience, individual/group learning experience, and role-supportive activity. During this time, the nurse resident will gradually assume greater responsibility and authority, within the scope of his or her nursing practice as he or she works side by side with a clinical RN partner. The goal of the Residency Program is to support a new graduate nurse transitioning into a professional nursing role within a specialized practice environment of Psychiatric Nursing.

The State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services, and New Hampshire Hospital have full-time vacancies for Nurse Residents/RN I. This position is assigned to work with the adult psychiatric client population.

Your experience counts: Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience and/or each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.

Minimum Qualifications

Registered Nurse I: Education: Graduation from a recognized nursing program with either affiliate or postgraduate courses and clinical experience in medical, surgical, obstetrics, pediatrics and psychiatric nursing. Experience: Experience is limited to that required for registration. License/Certification: Current license as a Temporary Nurse or as a Registered Nurse in New Hampshire. Special Requirements: An employee may be required to work additional hours beyond their normal work shift, engaged in work that is characteristic of their classification, in order to meet patient care needs/safe staffing levels, established by the Nursing Department of New Hampshire Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Functions as Nurse-in-Charge in the absence of the Nurse Specialist.
• When in charge role, makes shift nursing care assignments based on assessment of patient needs and acuity to assure appropriate level of care is provided.
• Provides direct nursing care through application of the Nursing Process to patient care management by assessing immediate and long-term nursing needs.
• Collects patient data by interview and/or observations to provide a basis for nursing assessment.
• Completes nursing assessment and diagnoses on patient admission and as often as clinically indicated to provide a basis for nursing care.
• Completes patient assessments prior to authorizing Seclusion/Restraint in an emergency situation.
• May perform venipuncture to collect blood for laboratory testing.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to formulate an individualized treatment plan.
• Defines patient problems, identifies goals and nursing interventions to assist in formulation of treatment plan.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the patient's care plan and documents patient's response to provide for revision of treatment plan and readiness for discharge.
• Coordinates and supervises subordinates in their provision of patient care through the use of patient assignment, staff meetings, performance appraisals, etc., to provide safe and quality nursing care.
• Administers medication and treatment according to Nursing Department Standards to assure a safe level of treatment.
• Educates patient/family/significant other regarding unit routines, rationale for interventions, medications, treatments and health care needs and documents same to prepare patients for discharge.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary treatment team to plan for discharge and documents the nurses' involvement.
• Evaluates and collaborates with Nursing Managers and unit staff to effect positive therapeutic milieu.
• Monitors patient's medical problems, reports findings to Internal Medicine Department, carries out medical treatments as indicated by Nursing Practice and as ordered by the physician to provide safe quality nursing care.
• Participates in activities to improve workflow and patient care.
• Supervises mental health workers in assisting patients to carry out Activities of Daily Living, milieu management, and various assigned patient care tasks.
• Is responsible for and actively participates in own skill development via academic course work, seminars, and training programs to improve overall contribution to patient care and professional development.

Supervisors Workplace Safety Accountabilities

• Maintaining competency in hospital approved Crisis Management Program (CMP) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) techniques for adults, children, infants and AED training.
• Conducting periodic (minimum quarterly basis) on site reviews.
• Completing competency-based review, when applicable.
• Providing on the spot reinforcement/training on safety issues; referring staff to formal training programs, as appropriate; and recording safety related initiatives for annual reporting.

Total Commitment to Quality

• Participates in the formulation of the mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives for the Department. Carries out same by acting as an agent of the Department within the hospital. Supports the organizational mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives as demonstrated by a positive leadership presence in unit based, departmental, hospital wide, or in public meetings/committees.
• Participates in the process of continuous quality improvement by supporting unit-based quality improvement activities. Demonstrates commitment to customer service values in professional conduct and by promoting such values in assigned staff.

Disclaimer statement: The supplemental job description lists typical examples of work and is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to a position. An employee may be required to perform other related duties not listed on the supplemental job description provided that such duties are characteristic of that classification. For further information please contact Claire Kent, Assistant Director of Nursing at View phone number on click.appcast.io or email: View email address on click.appcast.io. You may also contact Human Resources at: View email address on click.appcast.io.

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