RN II After Hours

About the role

Provides a competent level of nursing practice to autonomously provide safe and effective patient and family centered care for patients and families. Uses knowledge, skill, and experience to analyze, think critically, plan, prioritize, and organize care, make appropriate clinical judgments and efficiently manage routine and unexpected clinical situations.

Responsibilities

• Uses the AC Model of Patient and Family-Centered care to ensure complete and address physical, psychosocial, and educational needs of the patient and family.
• Consistently provides safe and effective nursing care at a competent level.
• Adapts to and incorporates appropriate diversional, play, or recreational activities.
• Analyzes information to identify problems and outcomes, evaluates variations and patterns in patient/family data and recognizes implications to care.
• Develops, maintains, and applies the plan of care in collaboration with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team, members.
• Identifies and competently and promptly responds to changes in patient condition.
• Provides individualized patient and family education at competent levels.
• Competently assesses patient and family learning needs and develops appropriate education plans.
• Consistently documents all patient and family education activities and facilitates comprehensive interdisciplinary teaching.
• Advances evidence-based nursing practice using best available evidence, patient’s and family’s preferences and values, and team’s clinical expertise at a competent level.
• Evaluates own performance to identify areas of strength and needs for professional development.
• Participates in interdisciplinary shared decision making activities.
• Actively participates in the improvement of patient care, nursing practice and the work environment by identifying and providing feedback on areas of improvement, evaluating and implementing new equipment, products and technology, etc.
• Accountable for the quality of patient care by initiating advocacy actions for patients, families and AC team as needed.
• Participates in councils, committees, taskforces and hospital initiatives, onboarding, recruitment, and retention activities.
• Successfully guides individuals, groups and activities to achieve patient goals and positive outcomes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required Education: Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college program or technical school or nursing diploma. Recommended Education: Bachelor's Degree Nursing. Required Work Experience: 1 year of experience. Recommended Work Experience: Demonstrated performance of 100% at the previous level and score within documented RN II/III levels via ACHieve career ladder for internal employees. Nursing - 1 year of experience. Required Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) license - Arkansas or Compact State. Recommended Certifications: Certification specific to patient population - Description.