RN First Assist - Mansfield Orthopaedics

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Applies leadership skills appropriately. Coordinates 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.
• Notifies direct supervisor of infractions of policy, procedure, laws and regulations as they are identified.
• Notifies supervisor manager of same issue if supervisor does not correct or resolve issue within a reasonable time frame.
• Notifies Corporate Compliance Officer of any issues that continue to be unresolved.
• Promotes the practice’s public image both in the practice and outside of the practice, consistent with the high-quality health services provided.
• Develops a professional relationship and support all staff to enhance patient care and efficient clinical operations, acting as a supervisor and role model for nursing support staff.
• Abides by the policies and procedures of the practice, the Copley Health Systems Physician Practices and the Copley Health Systems Hospital.
• Attends staff meetings and is responsible for their ongoing education pertinent to the practice.
• Develops and teaches patients on a variety of health care matters such as self-care appropriate to patient’s medical problem.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Education Required: BSN
• Experience Required: Minimum of 1 year experience as a Registered Nurse First Assist
• Licenses and Certifications Required: RNFA certification, Current Vermont licensure and BLS.