Registered Nurse - Dialysis

About the role

At Garnet Health, the Hudson Valley’s leading integrated health system, you’ll find the perfect balance of a satisfying career and a rewarding lifestyle. Our focus is on patient-centric care with a collective of visionary leaders and dedicated professionals working as a team to deliver the best for the people we serve. If you’re interested in a health system that’s both growing and award-winning, serving a diverse community that provides the best of both city and rural life, we invite you to make your career home with us as a Registered Nurse on our 3 East MICU team at Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown.

Responsibilities

Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations (ANA, 2010). Garnet Health Medical Center clinical nurses are guided by:

• New York State Nurse Practice Act
• American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses
• Essential Guide to Nursing Practice
• Jean Watson’s Nursing Philosophy and Science of Caring
• Garnet Health Medical Center Plan for Nursing Quality and Safety
• Garnet Health Medical Center Nursing Strategic Plan (NSP)

Clinical nurses are empowered to work toward an improved healthcare system by providing safe, timely, effective, equitable, and patient-centered care (IOM). They embrace the Essential Features of Professional Nursing as indicated by the ANA, including:

• Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing
• Attention to the range of human experiences and responses to health and illness within the physical and social environments
• Integration of assessment data with knowledge gained from an appreciation of the patient or the group
• Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment through the use of judgment and critical thinking
• Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry
• Influence on social and public policy
• Assurance of safe, quality, and evidence-based practice

Qualifications

• Licensure: Active New York State Nursing License in good standing
• Education: Associate, Baccalaureate (preferred), Master’s, or Doctorate Degree in Nursing from an Accredited School of Nursing
• Certification: American Nurses Association endorsed Certifications or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Certification preferred (*Based on Certification specialty hours of work requirement)
• Physical Demands: Considerable standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching; considerable visual demands
• New Hires: Must be able to perform RN essential physical functioning demands as determined by Employee Health / Pre-Screening Assessment
• During any patient transferring task, if any caregiver is required to lift more than 35 lbs of a patient's weight, then the patient should be considered to be fully dependent and assistive devices should be used
• Ergonomic stressors include moderate to frequent heavy lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring of patients; must participate in Safe Patient Handling initiatives
• Mental Demands: Ability to foster collaborative relationships, work well under pressure, organize and synthesize new information, prioritize tasks, possess critical thinking, analytical skills and flexibility, ability to multi-task, demonstrate sensitivity to customer needs and expectations
• Work schedules may include irregular hours including nights and weekends
• Working Conditions: Abides with the New York Department of Labor / Nursing Licensure Board recommendation on the 16-hour work limit; contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances; may be exposed to unpleasant patient elements (e.g., exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material); subject to varying and unpredictable situations; handles emergency and crisis situations; must wear Personal Protective Equipment (e.g., gloves, safety glasses, respirators, coveralls, vests, lead vests, full body suits); may have contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards
• Patient and Staff Safety: Recognizes the importance of patient/staff safety precautions; consistently utilizes precautions and follows appropriate procedures; identifies and reports potentially dangerous situations; takes action to minimize risk of injury; reports errors to supervisor and in the MIDAS RDE system; participates in Root Cause Analysis and/or other efforts to reduce risk of medical error and/or patient or staff harm
• Training: Accountable for completing annual/required mandatory training within certain time frames; must have BLS and keep it current; additional AHA training may be required depending on clinical area

Pay

The compensation range for the role is $56.58 – $62.71 hourly. Salaries shown on independent jobs-related websites reflect market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from Garnet Health System. Compensation is determined based on factors such as location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget, and internal equity. The range does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.