Registered Nurse (RN) – Part Time Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) – Part Time to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Leads by example and performs hands on care, answers call lights and assist C.N.A.’s in their duties when needed;
- Maintains open and ongoing communication with patients and families, providing opportunity and encouragement to participate in decision making;
- Maintain the security of the premises and direct unauthorized persons coming on the premises to leave;
- Assume responsibility for assisting with meds and treatments as needed (including IV fluids and IV meds);
- Assist with admitting patients as required;
- Supervise LPNs and other nursing partners as assigned. Complete performance evaluations as required (two times per year);
- Assist physician during rounds;
- Participate in ON-CALL Program;
- Performs other duties as assigned;
- Working with the interdisciplinary care team, to assure accurate patient assessment and development/revision of individualized plans of care;
- Assures the personal dignity and physical safety of each patient. Assist patients to attain the highest level of self-care possible;
- Assure that nursing partners have been assigned duties;
- Relieve other shifts if needed;
- Make rounds, with specific attention to high acuity patients;
- Attend in-service education programs and participates in Silver Chair Training, as assigned, to learn new procedures, develop skills, etc.
Requirements:
- Ability to lift 50 lbs. occasionally, 20 lbs. frequently, and 10 lbs. constantly;
- Must be able to walk/stand 75% of the day;
- Must be able to move about intermittently throughout the workday;
- Bilingual/Bicultural;
- 2-5 years nursing experience with emphasis on community nursing health education and urgent care;
- Ability to work independently as well as effectively within a team;
- Must be able to push, pull, or move a minimum of 100 pounds utilizing proper body mechanics and assistance;
- Ability to walk and stand 80% of an 8 to 12 hour shift;
- Must be able to reach, bend, and/or stoop intermittently throughout the work day;
- Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.