Graduate Nurse Residency Program - 3B Acute Inpatient

About the role

As a Registered Nurse on our 3B Unit you will be provided flexible scheduling, a collaborative team atmosphere, and a dynamic environment that sharpens your skills. You'll play a vital role in patient care, gain continuous learning opportunities and enjoy job security in this essential high demand field.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients with a variety of needs.
• Use a person-centered care approach in the development of care, and effectively prioritize patient needs that are both expected and unanticipated.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills to interact with other health care professional and patients.
• Demonstrate competence and resourcefulness in the implementation of the technical skills required to care for the patient.
• Demonstrates initiative in remaining current in the organization and department policies, procedures, and standards.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care giving, shows follow through on delivery, demonstrates critical thinking skills by making appropriate clinical decisions, proactively addresses actual and potential problems, and executing compliant clinical documentation.
• Assist with educating patients and families and serves as a resource on department standards for patient care.

Requirements

• Current NYS Registered Nurse license or eligible.
• Graduate Nurses welcome to apply.
• Must obtain BLS and ACLS certification prior to completion of the introductory period.

Schedule

This is a full-time position that includes weekend and holiday rotation.

Physical Demands

Repetitive use of hands and fingers (e.g., Use of computer keyboard); may require lifting and carrying light loads (up to 40 lbs), including boxes, equipment, IV solutions and stooping and kneeling (e.g., to pick up items from the floor, to remove and replace items on lower shelves and to file documents in lower file drawers); sitting, walking, or standing for long periods of time may be necessary; must be able physically to operate the equipment used for the job.