Experienced Registered Nurse, Transplant Inpatient, Full Time, Nights

Clinical Staff Nurse

The Clinical Staff Nurse functions as a champion of quality patient care and professional caregiver who demonstrates critical thinking skills and scientific judgment in the anticipation and planning for the care of the patient. The CSN is responsible to perform at a competent level of nursing and consistently demonstrates nursing process. These standards include: assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching and health promotion and evaluation. The CSN is also responsible to hold the highest standards of professional performance, which include: ethics, cultural diversity, communication, collaboration, evidence based practice, nursing research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health. These standards of practice encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. The CSN will function within the JHS CARE Model, which includes accountability for planning, implementing, evaluating and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients. The CSN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Implements and coordinates patient care in collaboration with physicians, providers, and healthcare staff.
• Utilizes the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) to apply nursing knowledge.
• Documents all pertinent information related to nursing care, care plans, and patient observations.
• Accounts for narcotics and emergency equipment during each tour of duty.
• Maintains working knowledge of facility infection-control procedures.
• Recognizes, questions, and reports significant patient findings or inconsistencies in medical/nursing orders or treatment plans; collaborates to seek corrective action.
• Selects, individualizes, updates, and adheres to clinical procedures, protocols, standards, clinical pathways, plans of care, narcotics policies, and discharge/teaching plans.
• Completes and submits patient and unit charges.
• Recognizes and prioritizes overt and covert unit needs or problems and implements corrective actions independently.
• Assumes charge nurse responsibilities when assigned; supervises designated personnel and takes necessary action.
• Applies logic and reasoning to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.
• Provides functional direction and assistance to LPNs, CNAs, or MAs, and conducts new staff orientation as assigned.
• Makes timely rounds to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintains HIPAA compliance at all times.
• Follows and performs all unit-specific policies and procedures as outlined in the competency checklist.
• Utilizes job-specific and unit-specific equipment as required.
• Demonstrates service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Expertise).
• Performs all other related job duties as assigned.

Experience

Generally requires 1 to 3 years of related experience.

Preferred Experience

• At least 3 to 4 years' experience as an acute care registered nurse, strongly preferred.
• Transplant inpatient nursing experience, a plus.

Education

• Associate's degree in Nursing is required. BSN degree is preferred.
• Any Employee who will be performing Point of Care and testing in the Operating Room, Neuro ICU, NICU, PICU, Pedi-ER, Cath Lab and/or Interventional Radiology areas, the educational degree must be verified at the time of hire.
• Minimum education level required to be verified is Associate's degree.

Credentials

• Valid Florida RN license is required.
• American Heart Association and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers may be required at the unit level upon hire with at least 6 months validity and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment.
• Must meet and maintain valid and current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required by regulatory and/or nursing standard of practice for the specialty.

Unit Specific Credential

AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) with 6 months validity

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