RN - 7N - Medical Respiratory Unit

About the role

Plans, coordinates and directs quality, compassionate care by maintaining standards of professional nursing practice and creating positive therapeutic relationships with patients/families. Provides leadership to other team members by articulating and delegating expected standards of care, supervising and encouraging team members, and supporting their contributions.

Responsibilities

• Supervises LPNs, PCAs, PCAs/US, US, Ortho Techs and other non-licensed staff.
• Assesses condition on each assigned patient on admission and on an ongoing basis to include but not limited to the patient’s physical condition, psychological status, social status, spiritual and cultural needs, pain assessment/management, nutritional and functional status, developmental or age related factors, and discharge planning needs.
• Provides patient and/or significant other education based on physical, behavioral, psychological, developmental, and age-related factors, after identifying barriers to learning.
• Evaluates and regularly reevaluates patient care; coordinates care planning with patient, family, providers and other disciplines to achieve patient-centered outcomes.
• Sets and delegates nursing care to team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the capabilities of the team members.
• Applies safety principles when performing care.
• Accurately documents observations, care provided and changes in care plan.
• Provides accurate handoff reports and participates in unit based huddles.
• Affords assistance in performance improvement (PI) activities by serving on PI teams as warranted, assisting with PI measures and supporting and implementing changes necessary for improvement.

Requirements

• Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Maintains compliance with DCH Health System policies and procedures.
• Adheres to DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
• Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
• Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.

Qualifications

• Current approved Alabama Board of Nursing RN license or multi-state license required or ability to obtain prior to start.
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training required.
• BSN preferred, minimum Associates required.
• Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.

Skills

• Leadership skills.
• Decision making.
• Clear communication.
• Delegation.
• Conflict resolution.
• Face-to-face communication.
• Handling stress and conflict.
• Electronic communication tools.
• Group collaboration.
• Structured and unstructured work.
• Time management.
• Emergency response.
• Physical endurance.
• Visual and auditory perception.
• Physical presence onsite.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.