Patient Care Registered Nurse RN - Progressive Care Unit (PCU)

About the Role

5B at the Bayhealth Sussex campus is a 24-bed Progressive Care Unit equipped with 5 ICU headboards. This unit participates in Nurse Governance and Nurse Residency, fostering excellent teamwork and leadership. 5B was recently awarded the AACN Silver level Beacon Award, recognizing exceptional patient outcomes, a healthy work environment, and a sustained commitment to evidence-based nursing practice.

More information about the Beacon Award.

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients within an assigned unit, emphasizing quality and safety. Professional nursing practices require specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill, performed using the nursing process in accordance with hospital policy, procedures, and philosophy.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, professional nursing care to a specified population of patients in the acute care setting.
• Develop a patient-centered plan of care based on individualized needs.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient medical records.
• Counsel and educate patients and their care partners on treatment plans.
• Administer medication following the five rights of medication administration.
• Provide wound care and dressing changes, as applicable.
• Read and interpret patient information, making treatment decisions when appropriate.
• Consult with physicians to decide on best treatment decisions when appropriate.
• Perform nursing interventions to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Observe and record patient behavior and response to nursing interventions.
• Demonstrate quality, safe, and effective patient care.
• Provide delegation to unlicensed assistive staff and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) staff.
• Demonstrate standards of excellence, including practicing nursing with core values of compassion, accountability, respect, teamwork, and integrity.
• Demonstrate understanding and execute quality and performance improvement plans (for RN evaluation).
• Participate in decision-making and take actions based on ethical principles (for RN evaluation).
• Provide timely and accurate documentation of patient care.
• Perform all other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma.
• Credential(s): Registered Nurse, Basic Life Support.
• ACLS / PALS may be required per manager’s direction and timeframe.
• Commit to seeking specialty certification within the timeframe indicated during the interview.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Experience in relevant specialty.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans.
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision options.
• Disability and Life Insurance options.
• On-Site Child Care.
• Educational Reimbursement.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts.
• Voluntary Benefits, including Critical Care Coverage and more.

Pay

Salary range: $37.98 - $58.87 hourly.

Schedule

• Status: Full Time, 72 Hours Biweekly.
• Shift: Nights, 12-Hour Shifts.

Location

Sussex Campus Hospital, Milford, Delaware.

Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader, with hospitals in Dover and Milford, a stand-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna, and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton. We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties.

Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes from the Delaware beaches.