Graduate Registered Nurse, Med/Surg, $8k Sign-on Bonus

Job Summary

The Graduate Registered Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services is responsible for providing safe, quality patient care, communicating effectively with the multidisciplinary team, and complying with regulatory requirements.

Job Functions

• Uses the nursing process to provide safe, quality patient care and document accordingly.
• Works to ensure compliance with all NMHS policies and requirements as directed by the Nurse Manager and Educator.
• Provides patient/family education and acts as a resource for existing staff and new employees.
• Can participate in the Preceptor class to ensure proper training of new employees.
• Maintains communication with multidisciplinary team members to provide holistic care to the patient.
• Attends daily huddles on each unit to ensure proper assignments and identify team members for the shift.
• Projects a caring, friendly, and helpful image to patients and other customers.
• Utilizes the patient’s communication board (whiteboard) to identify name, date, goals, other staff, and procedures or tests for the day to keep the patients and families informed.
• Complies with NMHS behavioral standards.
• Maintains competency by staying informed of changing trends in the nursing practice.
• Attends annual review and unit specifics within the department.
• Performs required continuing education hours online and in classroom.
• Complies with regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.

Qualifications

• Education: Associate's Degree Nursing.
• Required Licenses and Certifications: RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure, CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation, NIH - National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification, PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
• Work Experience: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities including maintaining department requirements for continuing education and specific unit requirements, effective communication and teaching skills, general knowledge of regulatory and accrediting standards, prioritizing/delegating/evaluating work assignments, anticipating resources needed, assimilating data and reporting appropriately, orienting new employees to the unit, and reporting progress to charge nurse or nurse manager.
• Physical Demands: Standing, Walking, Sitting, Occassional Lifting/Carrying, Frequently Pushing/Pulling, Occasionally Climbing, Occasionally Stooping/Kneeling/Bending, Occasionally Reaching/Over Head Work, Occasionally Grasping, Frequently Speaking, Constantly Hearing, Frequently Repetitive Motions, Frequently Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations, Occasionally Balancing.