RN LD L&D NIGHTS

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) coordinates patient care delivery by the health care team using the nursing process. They assess patients, identify nursing diagnoses, develop and implement a plan of care, and evaluate patient responses. The RN also promotes safe passage for patients by assisting them through their healthcare encounters.

Essential Functions of the Role

• Clinical Judgment: Conducts accurate clinical assessments, identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs, and modifies the nursing plan of care based on outcomes.

• Clinical Inquiry: Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, supports evidence-based practice changes, and participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives.

• Caring Practices: Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe, and therapeutic environment, develops therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and manages emotional and physical pain.

• Response to Diversity: Recognizes and incorporates patient and family differences into an individualized plan of care.

• Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects patient and family confidentiality, autonomy, dignity, and rights, and facilitates informed decision-making.

• Collaboration: Works collaboratively with colleagues and community members to develop and implement an integrated plan of care.

• Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and available resources for problem-solving, recognizes resource limitations, and considers safety, effectiveness, and efficiency in planning and delivering patient care.

• Professionalism: Improves nursing practice and the work environment through participation in shared governance and decision-making processes, and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues.

Knowledge and Understanding

• Nursing and patient care standards and procedures.

• Laws, rules, and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures.

• Medical terminology; principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management; medications and their effects, and patient privacy rights.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited program in Nursing.

• 2 years of experience.

• Registered Nurse (RN) license.

Benefits

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits.

• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• PTO accrual beginning Day 1.