Registered Nurse / Travel Registered Nurse

Department: Nursing Reports To: RN Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager/ADON/ADON-Unit/Center Nurse Executive Summary: Under the direction of the RN Nursing Supervisor, Unit Manager, ADON or ADON – Unit, or Center Nurse Executive (Nurse Leader), the Registered Nurse (RN) delivers efficient and effective nursing care while achieving positive clinical outcomes and patient/family satisfaction. Responsibilities/Accountabilities: Assessment: Collects, validates, synthesizes, and records objective and subjective data. Care Planning: Establishes realistic and measurable short and long term goals for the identified health problems and needs. Implementing Care: Performs nursing functions and provides care within scope of practice. Managing patient care: Delegates care responsibilities to staff considering complexity of care, competency of staff, center policies, and state’s practice act. Communicates patient information with assigned staff during and between shifts. Participates in shift-to-shift communication between incoming and outgoing nursing staff. Uses Point Click Care (PCC) according to the Business Processes. Performs drug count when beginning and ending shift and whenever necessary. Collaborates with physicians in rounds and examination of patients, as needed. Collaborates and coordinates with other departments to provide timely effective care consistent with individual’s needs, choices and preferences. Contributes to an environment that is respectful, team-oriented, and responsive to the concerns of staff, patients and families. Enhances nursing practice by attending all mandated in-service programs and other GHC and outside professional education programs. Assists with the orientation of newly hired nursing staff. Promotes a culture of safety to ensure a healthy practice and living environment. Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive Protected Health Information (PHI) at all times. Stays and works beyond scheduled shift if needed to meet state staffing requirements and/or needs of patients. Performs other duties as requested. Compliance: Complies with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies and procedures including but not limited to those within the Compliance and Ethics Program, Standard/Code of Conduct, Federal False Claims Act and HIPAA. Participates in required orientation and training programs. Promptly reports concerns and suspected incidences of non-compliance to supervisor, Compliance Liaison or to the Compliance Officer via the Integrity Hotline. Cooperates with monitoring and audit functions and investigations. Participates, as requested, in quality assurance and process improvement activities. Specific Educational/Vocational Requirements: Graduate of an approved school of nursing is required. Must be currently licensed by the State Board of Nursing. Job Skills: Current physical assessment skills and comprehensive knowledge of nursing principles required, including the ability to recognize and identify symptoms and manage emergency situations. Knowledge of medications, their proper dosage, and expected results. Ability to coordinate, delegate and supervise nursing functions, problem solve and make decisions as necessary. Ability to create a patient-centered environment. Ability of communicate in English both orally and in writing. Basic knowledge of computer use. #J-18808-Ljbffr