Mother/Baby Registered Nurse 2 - Supplemental Tier C 7p-7a

About the role

Under general supervision, provides direct patient care to assigned patients.

Responsibilities

• Utilization of Nursing Process Assessment
• Compiles database and formulates nursing diagnosis
• Utilizes physical assessment and interviewing techniques
• Anticipates need for intervention by other disciplines
• Determines priorities for patient care needs or problems
• Reassesses the patient as indicated by changes in condition and/ or response to treatment(s)
• Planning
• Initiates and updates a written nursing plan of care for patients by incorporating scientific and psychosocial principles that support the nursing diagnosis
• Incorporates information obtained from nursing care planning conferences into written nursing plan of care
• Captures patient, family, significant other, and health team members in the planning of hospital and post-discharge care
• Implementation
• Performs clinical nursing skills independently
• Administers medications, IV therapy and treatments appropriately and accurately
• Initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary
• Appropriately delegates and coordinates the duties of ancillary personnel
• Communicates the patient's status and plan of care through written documentation in the patient's medical record
• Verbal communication of the patient's status to physicians, nurses and other health care professionals
• Communicates in a therapeutic manner with the patient, family and visitors
• Applies teaching/learning principles in education of patient and family
• Patient Care Coordination
• Manages daily patient assignment by appropriately setting priorities
• Delegates responsibility appropriately and monitors the nursing care delivered to patients by ancillary personnel
• Captures patient activities with other disciplines
• Teaching and Quality Improvement
• Develops, documents and implements Patient Teaching and Discharge Planning Record
• Participates in established patient, family, staff and/or student education program
• Participates in clinical monitoring at the unit level
• Identifies unit, staff and patient care problems
• Takes action or refers problems to appropriate resources when indicated
• Professional Excellence
• Model May participate in activities of the RN 3 with the exception of serving as a facilitator for the Nurse Residency Program
• If competent, serve as a charge RN and monitor productivity/patient flow
• If competent, precept new staff
• Physical Requirements
• Ability to stand and walk almost constantly up to 90% of work time and lifting and positioning patients up to 50% of work time
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail and often in stressful situations
• Working Conditions
• Normal patient care environment with possible exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature
• Exposed to adverse working conditions due to performance of patient care activities and exposure to communicable diseases

Qualifications

• Education: Associate Degree from an accredited School of Nursing required.
• Experience: Two year Registered Nurse experience required in the specific specialty area or LPN experience at GBMC with director approval.

Skills

• Proficiency in developing nursing plan of care, implementing effective nursing care, and evaluating outcome of nursing intervention
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective planning and organizational skills in order to effectively manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills
• Effective skills in use of computer programs
• Demonstrates skill in patient experience and service recovery

Benefits

Conditions of Employment

• Maintain current licensure and certifications.

Pay and Schedule

Pay Range: $32.18 - $49.46

Final salary offer will be based on the candidate's qualifications, education, experience and alignment with our organizational needs.