Registered Nurse (0) EGH

MISSION, VALUES and SERVICE GOALS

MISSION: We deliver outstanding care, inspire health, and connect with heart.

VALUES: Trust. Respect. Integrity. Compassion.

SERVICE GOALS: Personally connect. Keep everyone informed. Be on their team.

Provides Professional Nursing Services

By Performing the priority (high risk, high frequency) technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.

Establishing and/or revising priorities for job/patient care activities based on the acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request, consideration for other department or staff priorities, timelines and plans.

Responding to data indicating potential or actual risk to an individual's physical or emotional health by initiating action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk.

Advocating for the patient or family when necessary to achieve appropriate outcomes.

Maintaining accountability for own and delegated actions and decisions. Bases actions and decisions on scientific principles/logic, successful experiences, intuition, standards of practice/protocols, and organizational values.

Soliciting supervision, consultation, or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.

Using internal and/or external resources to resolve and/or prevent problems that cannot be managed independently.

Provides Information to and Directs Others to Provide Quality Patient Care

Developing or revising a plan of care for assigned patients based on initial and ongoing data.

Including measurable goals/outcomes; reflecting values, preferences and limitations of patient and/or family; identifying interventions to achieve outcomes/goals; addressing pertinent physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and learning problems/needs.

Initiating or maintaining interventions to assure continuity of safe-effective care for patients across the entire continuum of care.

Modifying, continuing or discontinuing interventions, goals, or time frames, according to evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency and/or patient satisfaction.

Documenting, consistently and within established guidelines, assessments, interventions, actions, data collection results and outcomes of interventions.

Using interpersonal communication strategies with all members of the team in order to achieve desirable and acceptable outcomes or responses and perception of satisfaction by those involved.

Delegating to other staff members based upon acuity/complexity of need, role definition and ability to perform, collective needs of patients, families and unit.

Maintaining accountability for achieving appropriate outcomes/goals associated with delegated acts.

Organizational Responsibilities

Attends and participates in department meetings and is accountable for all information shared.

Completes mandatory education, annual competencies and department specific education within established timeframes.

Completes annual employee health requirements within established timeframes.

Maintains license/certification, registration in good standing throughout fiscal year.

Patient care providers are required to maintain current BCLS (CPR) and other certifications as required by position/department.

Maintains awareness of advances in clinical specialty.

Contributes to the department's ability to achieve and maintain clinical excellence, customer focused-service excellence, fiscal responsibility, innovative and talented people, and the best place to work.

Contributes to the development of co-workers through positive role modeling, resource assistance and direct feedback.

Follows through and completes other job-related assignments or requests for assistance.

Education And Experience

The knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated below are normally acquired through the successful completion of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree and a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana.

Candidates hired after January 1, 2014, must have or obtain a BSN within five (5) years of employment as a Registered Nurse or will have the option to become certified in their area of specialty.

The certification must be maintained based off of accrediting body standards.