Patient Care RN - Women's LDRP

About the role

If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you. Care to talk? Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as 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. The Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore; the Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches.

Benefits

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

Pay

Salary range: $37.98 – $58.87 per hour.

Schedule

Full‑time, 72 hours per pay period; Evening/Night shift.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, professional nursing care to specified population of patients in the acute care setting.
• Develop a patient‑centered plan of care based on individualized needs.
• Maintain confidentiality of the patient medical record.
• 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 which includes 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 other duties as assigned within the scope of job responsibilities.

Requirements

• Education: Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Credentials: Registered Nurse (RN); Basic Life Support (BLS); NR