RN

Nursing Position At Bmh Tipton Hospital

Provides direct and indirect patient care in the assigned care setting. Communicates and collaborates with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and other multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Provides high quality patient care utilizing critical thinking, nursing processes, decision making, compassion, integrity, respect, and empathy. Preserves the patient's autonomy, dignity, and rights, and restores health whenever possible. Able to perform general nursing duties, patient education, and prioritization. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities include assessing the patient appropriately and accurately based on their medical condition, having knowledge of ordered medications and administering as prescribed, providing care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient including basic self-care activities, formulating a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluating effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching as appropriate, demonstrating ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and provide services, communicating/collaboratively with multidisciplinary team in providing patient care, demonstrating an ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills, identifying and addressing psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicating with social services regarding both hospital and post discharge needs, demonstrating cost-effective practices and non-wasteful usage of supplies, linen, and charge items, prioritizing patient care effectively and efficiently, promoting patient safety by reducing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care, and assuming lifelong learning related to the nursing profession.

Minimum required experience includes a graduate of an accredited nursing program. Minimum required training includes computer literacy. Minimum required licensure includes RN; BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE. Preferred/desired certifications include ACLS/PALS Specialty Certification.