Registered Nurse - Med Surg - Full-Time - Nights

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the unit specific skills requisite for assigned service area.
• Integrates various aspects of specific knowledge for the patient populations served within unit area of hire: applies knowledge of expected norms in planning interventions.
• Demonstrates integration of knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patient populations served in unit of care.
• Mets Copley Hospital standards related to: telephone etiquette, customer service, comportment, inter intra departmental relations, confidentiality, corporate compliance, patient provider rights, UOR reporting mechanism, QI, Code of Conduct.
• Develops and maintains human care relationships & integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness &/or healing.
• Adapts care for diverse populations, assists colleagues with care delivery, refers all concerns/issues to appropriate resource.
• Incorporates teaching in delivery of care and demonstrates competence in health promotion & disease prevention.
• Provides information to patient family appropriately, assesses for barriers to learning, uses colleagues as a learning resource.
• Manages self and resources effectively.
• Organizes multitask workload, accepts changes in assignment, utilizes supplies appropriately, requests assistance appropriately.
• Applies leadership skills appropriately.
• Coodinates care within the multi-disciplinary team, interacts in a professional manner, communicates directly, verbalizes scope of practice for self and others.
• Supports the organizational values: Compassion and respect for Human Dignity, Commitment to Professional Competence, Commitment to a spirit of service, Honesty, Confidentiality, and Good Stewardship careful administration.
• Critical Care Transport: Provide direct patient care to the ill and injured during the transport along with the EMS transport and treatment protocols.
• Functions under written and standing orders of the transferring physician.
• Performs assessments, treats and monitors patients during inter-facility transports.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree (or certification equivalent).
• Minimum of one year experience preferred.
• Current Vermont licensure and BLS.