Staff RN I

Summary

Coordinates total nursing care for patients participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Documents initial and ongoing patient assessment in a complete concise and timely manner according to policy and procedure of MHMC.
• Develops and modifies and effective comprehensive and individualized plan of care including discharge planning for assigned patients utilizing standards of care developed by MHMC.
• Applies knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served i.e.: infant pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric.
• Initiates and coordinates patient teaching according to identified needs.
• Integrates delegates and coordinates patient care using interdisciplinary approach.
• Delegates responsibilities for care when applicable and makes assignments according to skills of caregiver.
• Evaluates patient responses to interventions according to established policy and procedure of MHMC.
• Demonstrates an ability to plan and supervise other patient caregivers in providing patient care on unit while functioning as a professional role model.
• Demonstrates the ability to exercise independent judgment in times of need and emergency situations and evaluates the results of actions taken.
• Administers medication and perform treatments utilizing principles of aseptic technique to assigned patient according to the established policy and procedure of MHMC.
  
  

Other Information

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of one year of RN experience.
• Meditech experience preferred.
• Is responsible for ongoing development of his/her work skills through the use of available resources (i.e.: in services formal educational programs other work groups and on-the-job training).
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and in services and/or reviews documentation as required.
• Assists in the orientation of others and actively participates in mentoring.
• Performs analytical and decision-making functions with minimal supervision.
• Recognizes and seeks assistance/consultation when appropriate.
• Demonstrates an understanding of relative Hospital and all-departmental policies and procedures including safety issues.
• Possesses awareness of programs/services provided by Hospital and where they are located.
  
  

Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing BSN preferred.
• MA RN License
• BLS and/or ACLS Certification
  
  

Additional Certification Required Where Applicable

• ICU FLOAT S1 and M2-ACLS
• Emergency Department-PALS and ACLS
• PACU-ACLS PALS
• Interventional-PALS and ACLS
  
  

Brown University Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age ethnicity sexual orientation ancestry genetics gender identity or expression disability protected veteran or marital status. Brown University Health is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Location: Morton Hospital USA:MA:Taunton

Work Type: Part Time

Shift: Shift 2

Union: MNA