Registered Nurse 2 WOW - 6North Med Surg (Days)

Schedule

Weekender position requires work every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hours of duty may be irregular or unexpectedly extended due to emergency circumstances.

Responsibilities

Organizational Expectations:

• Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
• Promotes a culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
• Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to ensure a positive patient care experience.
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments related to the role.
• Adheres to infection‑control policies, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.
• Maintains compliance with organizational policies, department protocols, and applicable professional standards.
• Complies with policies for handling confidential patient information.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service consistent with the organization’s Vision, Mission, and Values.
• Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies, federal, state, local requirements, and accrediting body standards.

Key duties include coordinating and delivering patient care using the health‑care team philosophy, providing patient teaching and discharge planning, and coordinating activities with ancillary departments. The role reports to the Nurse Manager or designee.

Essential Functions:

• Plans, organizes, and directs nursing care for patients on the unit.
• Initiates and implements patient care plans.
• Assigns nursing tasks appropriate to staff skill levels.
• Maintains acceptable standards of patient care and identifies problems, guiding personnel to solutions.
• Creates a work climate that supports growth and job satisfaction.
• Accurately and promptly implements physicians’ orders.
• Administers medications and intravenous solutions skillfully and correctly.
• Ensures accurate and complete recording and reporting.
• Arranges needed supplies and equipment.
• Participates in planning changes, improvements, and hospital safety programs.
• Supports and enforces infection‑control policies and procedures.
• Remains resourceful and calm in emergencies.
• Participates in orientation, in‑service training, and unit performance improvement plans.
• Assists in reviewing and revising policies and procedures.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Displays concern, initiative, and prompt efficiency with minimal absences.
• Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors.

Functional Demands

• Prolonged periods of standing, walking, or sitting while on duty.
• Lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 50 pounds with or without assistance.
• Transferring and repositioning patients.
• Reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching for patient‑care functions.
• Visual and auditory acuity and manual dexterity essential for duties.
• Ability to perform effectively in a stressful, fast‑paced environment.
• Exposure to unpleasant sights, odors, hazardous or infectious agents; use of universal precautions and personal protective equipment.
• Potential exposure to limited hazardous chemicals, infectious disease processes, and blood or body fluids.
• Work environment may involve climate control and ambient temperature variances.
• Requirement to pass all required health and screening tests.

Qualifications

Experience: Minimum one year experience as a Registered Nurse.

Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

Skills:

• Ability to recognize patients’ individual needs based on medical condition, age, and planned procedures.
• Good judgment in delivering patient care.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to function in stressful situations.
• Current CPR certification.
• Willingness to rotate shifts, days off, and work areas; occasional overtime may be required.

Licensure: Current Mississippi State license as a Registered Nurse.