Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient

About the role

New Employee Retention Bonus $2,500.00 retention bonus available! (New Employee is defined as someone who has not been employed with Rogers for more than six months)

Responsibilities

• Complete initial assessments and documents as required.
• Collect, record, and analyze, within prescribed timeframe, pertinent data for admission.
• Assess According To Hospital Policy, Including Patient strengths and limitations that can be addressed in reaching health goals.
• Cultural, spiritual, and ethnic factors that may impact on patient’s course of treatment.
• Identify potential patient care problems, abrupt changes, or impending instability in the patient’s condition, and exercise leadership to intervene appropriately and prevent adverse patient outcomes.
• Carry out the process in a respectful manner, remain sensitive to individual patient/family stressors upon admission while providing pertinent unit information.
• Initiate And Update Treatment Plan And Documentation As Required.
• Participate in planning and modifying the patient’s plan of care.
• Evaluate data obtained by others by reviewing patient’s treatment plan and multi-disciplinary assessment for assigned patients.
• Develop and interpret plan of care with the patient/family, updating it as indicated.
• Write clear, concise, and obtainable treatment goals on the treatment plan for each problem.
• Review the treatment plan as goals are achieved, changed, or updated.
• Identify, interpret, and document information collected in nursing interview, observation, physical assessment and diagnostic data, and confer with other health care professionals, as appropriate.
• Review current lab data and follow-up with doctor.
• Evaluate potential for falls and initiate fall precautions, as indicated.
• Identify potential for self-abuse, suicidality and/or assaultive behavior.
• Develop age-appropriate interventions for the patient’s plan of care.
• Assess changes in patient status and document interventions accordingly.
• Implement patient care.
• Demonstrate safe and correct medication administration.
• Maintain current knowledge of the medication’s purpose and effects for each patient, as demonstrated by correct documentation of medication, as well as observations about responses to medication.
• Accurately transcribe and implement physician medication orders.
• Maintain a continual awareness of monitoring the expected and unexpected medication efforts including adverse drug reactions, drug/drug or drug/food interactions, or other unexpected consequences of the medication.
• Regularly conduct and document patient education about medications.
• Maintain current knowledge about new pharmacologic products, including new medications or medications with new uses/therapeutic action.
• Identify potential patient care problems, abrupt changes, or impending instability in the patient’s condition, and exercise leadership to intervene appropriately and prevent adverse patient outcomes.
• Use appropriate de-escalation techniques.
• Evaluate safety level.
• Identify alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
• Identify extra pyramidal side-effects/neuroleptic malignant syndrome signs.
• Identify significant cardiac and/or respiratory symptoms requiring immediate medical intervention.
• Identify health education needs of the patient/family that will be addressed before discharge.
• Implement age-appropriate teaching interventions to meet these educational needs.
• Document in the patient record and treatment plan.
• Organize patient care activities and interventions according to patient priorities and preferences, needs of the unit, and time constraints.
• Implement patient care based on established care plans, Hospital policies and procedures, and unit standards of care, incorporating the patient’s age-specific and cultural needs, as appropriate.
• As requested, and contingent on qualified medical professional (QMP) designation, assure that all admissions, transfers, and other related patient care activities are delivered in accordance with Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and associated regulatory requirements.
• Adhere to the Nursing department and Hospital’s standards of nursing practice and standards of patient care.
• Protect patients, visitors, and staff from environmental hazards by adhering to safety and infection control standards.
• Participate in continuing education and in-service programs to increase clinical competence and to meet professional needs and goals.
• Report information obtained from continuing education programs to unit staff.
• Attend 100% of required in-services, as scheduled.
• Participate in the Performance Improvement program on an ongoing basis.
• Absorb and delegate tasks to LPN/psychiatric technician, taking into account their educational preparation and demonstrated abilities.
• Provide complete acuity monitors to the Patient Accounts department, to assist in accurate billing.
• Maintain a primary caseload, according to unit standards, and provide direction for patient care.
• Participate in projects, tasks and continuing education opportunities to improve Professional Skills And Unit/department Systems.
• Develop goals and objectives for professional growth and discuss ways to achieve them with Clinical Services manager.
• Take initiative to develop professional skills through continuing education.
• Discuss, on a regular basis, progress toward work improvement goals with Clinical Services manager.
• Seek out projects and/or extra tasks to complete, based upon the needs of the unit or the immediate shift.
• Promote department goals and the mission of the hospital.
• Communicate goals to fellow staff members.
• Demonstrate measurable goal achievement.
• Maintain department policies and procedures.
• Include requirements and guidelines from external agencies (i.e., Joint Commission, state).
• Maintain and/or communicate to appropriate party function backlog at a set time.
• Educate new staff regarding regulations or requirements of those functions that relate to their areas or departments, as directed.
• Demonstrate acceptance and training of student interns in the department, as directed.
• Demonstrate Understanding Of Joint Commission And Other Regulatory Agency Compliance regulations.
• Involves self in the learning and application of standards relevant to the Nursing department.
• Participate in in-services/seminars and other meetings to increase involvement and awareness of regulations.
• Involves self in the education of other disciplines regarding Nursing department regulations.
• Participate in Hospital committees, performance improvement team meetings and team projects, as directed.
• Demonstrate punctuality and preparedness.
• Demonstrate effective communication and organizational skills.
• Contribute in a positive, solution-focused manner.
• Gain understanding of the performance improvement process.
• Apply the PI model to your department’s activities.
• Participate and/or create PI teams that lead to improvement in other Hospital areas.
• Educate and involve self in the Hospital and Nursing department’s performance improvement plans.
• Conduct self in a professional manner.
• Demonstrate organizational skills that promote timely response to all inquiries and to task completion.
• Communicate with all individuals in a positive and professional manner.
• Attempt to resolve individual issues with peers in a positive, calm manner, with a focus on solution.
• Communicate concerns and provide solutions for same.
• Attend internal and external seminars to promote professional growth.
• Demonstrate a positive and professional attitude toward parties outside the Hospital (patient families, visitors, vendors, etc.).
• Comply with the Hospital’s policies and procedures, including Human Resources, Infection Control, and Employee Health policies and programs.
• Use courteous, cooperative, and respectful behavior when working with patients, families, physicians, visitors, and Hospital employees.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Hospital/department policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate consistent acceptance of professional accountability for own practice shown by follow-through on patient and organizational concerns.
• Support changes in staffing/scheduling when unit and Hospital patient care needs require.
• Accept reassignment in a positive manner.
• Demonstrate willingness to adjust work schedule, when able, to meet patient’s needs.
• Recognize need for support, seek appropriate assistance when needed, and offer assistance to peers.
• Project a professional image by wearing appropriate, professional attire.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Registered nurse licensed by State Board of Nursing in the state of employment.
• Current CPR certification.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current ACLS certification.
• Current PALS certification.
• Current NRP certification.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of acute care nursing experience.
• Experience in critical care setting preferred.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to handle stressful situations calmly and effectively.
• Knowledge of hospital policies and procedures.
• Ability to perform complex calculations and record data accurately.
• Ability to assess and evaluate patient care needs.
• Ability to make decisions based on assessment and evaluation.
• Ability to document patient care accurately and comprehensively.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full time - 40 hours/week Monday - Friday - No weekends / holidays / on-call required