Registered Nurse (RN) - Observation

About the role

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Leads by example to promote excellence in resident care.
• Model a professional demeanor and act as a mentor.
• Absorbs leadership role for daily operations and takes appropriate action.
• Demonstrates ability to delegate and achieve results through others.
• Evaluates the quality and appropriateness of healthcare using root cause analysis and monitors outcome trends.
• Demonstrates understanding of and ensures compliance with all State, Federal requirements.
• Facilitates and participates with the nursing staff in daily care risk identification and resolution, including communication with the patients, families and physicians.
• Involves staff in problem solving and resolution of patient/family and staff complaints/concerns.
• Collaborates with the Director of Nursing and others in planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care delivery.
• Ensures accountability for professional practice.
• Flexes hours when necessary to accommodate staff education; to address patient care issues; and to meet NHPPD.
• Rounds on residents, nursing staff, and families daily to ensure good outcomes.
• Supervises nursing staff, assists with hiring, education and disciplinary action of nursing staff.
• Completes performance evaluations, and supervises scheduling.
• Participates in weekend clinical coverage and “on call” rotation ensuring continuity of patient care, staff supervision and availability of nursing leadership to families and residents.
• Ensure patients have needed supplies, medications, and equipment to properly manage care.
• Makes daily rounds and spot checks documentation accuracy and completeness on new admissions, patients with change of condition (COC), patients triggering occurrence investigations, and patients to be discharged.
• Visits each newly admitted patient as soon as possible upon arrival, validating accuracy of essential\ audits and implementation of risk reducing measures.
• Oversees and evaluates systems for patient and staff data collection, information systems, and processes to support the practice of nursing and care delivery.
• Oversees and evaluates systems for discharge planning and communication to be released with the resident/patient.
• Ensures staff competency are given and staff is able to respond to emergencies.
• Ensures infection prevention control standards and biohazard waste procedures are followed.
• Oversees adequacy and appropriateness of staffing and scheduling personnel with scope of practice, competencies, patient needs and complexity of care.
• Assures accuracy of the midnight census through understanding and education of the hospital systems.
• Counsels/write-ups for personnel under their supervision as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrates the ability to coordinate response to emergencies in a calm and efficient manner.
• Understands and demonstrates ability to work within the departmental budget.

Qualifications

• Education: Required: Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• PREFERRED: Academic degree in nursing (Bachelors or Masters degree)
• Certifications Required: Must be currently licensed, certified or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy.
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