Registered Nurse - Full Time, Days, Gastroenterology

About the role

The professional nurse at Jefferson Health uses the nursing process to address the physical, psychological, emotional, and social needs of diverse patients. They develop nursing plans of care with patients and their designated care partners, ensuring these plans align with the patients' cultural beliefs and values.

Responsibilities

• Integrates evidence-based practice, clinical expertise, patient preferences, and cultural beliefs and values to deliver optimal healthcare.
• Collaborates with patients, their family/designated care partners to identify learning needs and priorities, and educates them in ways that are useful, understandable, and affirming.
• Minimizes risk of harm by following established nursing practices and protocols, and by maintaining individual performance.
• Uses information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support ethical decision making.
• Maintains data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve patient care.
• Fosters open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making within nursing and inter-professional teams to achieve quality patient care.
• Creates an environment of belonging and inclusion, demonstrating skills in problem-solving and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrates a commitment to learning and seeks opportunities for professional growth, acting as a primary preceptor for appropriate staff members.
• Participates in hospital- and practice setting-based committees, including safety and quality improvement.
• Actively gives and receives feedback, integrating appropriate changes into practice.

Requirements

A specialized diploma from an accredited school of nursing is required. Knowledge of patient-and family-centered care, cultural awareness, effective communication, and patient assessment and care are essential. The ability to administer medications and discharge planning is also required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) or completion of BSN within 3 years of hire is preferred.
• Previous experience as an RN in an acute care setting is preferred.

Skills

Knowledge of evidence-based practice, clinical expertise, effective communication, patient assessment and care, medication administration, discharge planning, and health information documentation are key skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, and voluntary benefits.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job posting.