Registered Nurse - Specialty Hospital + Sign-on Bonus!

Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital has been helping patients recover from complex medical conditions and injuries since 2000. The first long-term acute-care hospital (LTACH) in the region, we help patients who are too medically fragile to transfer to a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation hospital, or their home after a hospital stay. In addition to general rehabilitation, our team is renowned for their expertise in ventilator weaning and respiratory care.

About the role

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

Responsibilities

• Uses nursing process as a framework to deliver care:
  • Assesses patient condition on admission and at regular intervals during assigned shift
  • Coordinates, prioritizes, and integrates patient information from all aspects of clinical care
  • Delegates basic patient care needs to assistive personnel
  • Sets goals to organize assignment
  • Collaborates with patients and their families on the patient’s desired goals
  • Acts on physician’s orders in a timely manner
  • Develops independent nursing interventions appropriate to the patient’s response to care
  • Documents interventions and their resultant responses
  • Audits aggregate performance to improve systems that support patient care
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families
• Promotes patient’s independence:
  • Teaches patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, safety, and self-care skills
  • Answers questions
• Assures quality of care by:
  • Adhering to therapeutic standards
  • Measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards
  • Making or recommending necessary adjustments
  • Following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by State Nurse Practice Act and other governing agencies
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by:
  • Complying with procedures, rules, and regulations for safety and infection control
  • Keeping patient rooms in a neat and orderly fashion
  • Cleaning assigned equipment or areas according to procedure
  • Adhering to medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
• Respects patients and the organization by:
  • Recognizing patient rights and patient privacy
  • Keeping information confidential
  • Responding to requests using tact and diplomacy
• Ensures operation of equipment by:
  • Completing preventive maintenance requirements
  • Following manufacturer’s instructions
  • Troubleshooting malfunctions
  • Processing requisitions for repair
  • Maintaining equipment inventories
  • Evaluating new equipment and techniques
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by:
  • Attending educational workshops
  • Reviewing professional publications
  • Establishing personal networks
  • Participating in professional societies
  • Maintaining current BLS and ACLS affirmations
  • Attending required annual in-services
  • Attending staff meetings regularly
  • Documenting professional development on associate education record
  • Conducting annual learning session in collaboration with the patient care specialist
  • Identifying learning needs and seeking professional improvement
• Demonstrates financial accountability by:
  • Checking stock to determine inventory level
  • Anticipating needed supplies
  • Placing and expediting orders for supplies
  • Verifying receipt of supplies
  • Using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results
• Contributes to organizational team effort by:
  • Communicating information
  • Responding to requests
  • Building rapport
  • Participating in team problem-solving methods
  • Participating in at least one performance improvement team or project
  • Completing assignments by specified deadline
  • Assisting in evaluating improvements and aggregate performance according to standards
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by:
  • Accomplishing related results as needed
  • Following through on delegated tasks
  • Responding to co-workers' requests for assistance
  • Demonstrating behaviors as defined by the GSSH code of conduct
  • Acting as a resource and/or leader when the need arises
  • Documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs
• Promotes the development of Good Shepherd as a system by:
  • Promoting the positive image of Good Shepherd
  • Acting as a preceptor for new associates or students
  • Communicating performance outcomes and results
  • Responding to change in a constructive and positive manner

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• Previous acute care experience preferred
• Registered Nurse license required
• Certification in Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) preferred (must be acquired within 2 years of employment, 1750 hours in direct care of acutely/critically ill patients, with 875 of those hours accrued in the most recent year preceding application)
• Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required
• Must obtain ACLS within six (6) months of employment and then maintain certification throughout employment