Registered Nurse 3

Responsibilities

• Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
• Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
• Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
• Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
• Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
• Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care.
• Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure / test.
• Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
• Administers medications to patients.
• Provides direct patient care.
• Leads the health care team.
• Serves as a Resource Person for assigned shift.
• Serves as a preceptor for new employees.
• Manages a Registered Nurse 3 track and requirements that supports unit’s and/or organizational initiatives.
• Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical specialty with at least 3 years of experience as an RN 2 if has BSN or specialty certification, or 4 years of experience as RN 2 if has ADN or Diploma in Nursing.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and positively interact with multi-disciplinary staff, patients, and others.
• Demonstrated ability to perform as a member of a team.

Education

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.

Experience

• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical specialty with at least 3 years of experience as an RN 2 if has BSN or specialty certification, or 4 years of experience as RN 2 if has ADN or Diploma in Nursing.

Physical And Work Requirements

• The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak.
• The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, stand, and walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.