RN Mentor

Education / Experience

• Degree in Nursing required, BSN preferred, MSN highly preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of medical surgical, intensive care, or specialty nursing clinical and/or teaching experience in acute care.

License / Certification

• Active RN licensure, BLS required.
• Additional certifications (ACLS, PALS, NRP, other specialty certifications) may be required depending upon unit assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Clinical expertise in the specialty area.
• Ability to prioritize care for an individual patient or a group of patients.
• Ability to delegate care appropriately and monitor outcomes of delegated care.
• Ability to respond to a variety of simultaneous demands.
• Ability to perform independently and as a member of the healthcare team.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing situations.
• Ability to maintain concentration with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to function in a demanding and stressful environment.
• Demonstrates effective organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking/problem-solving and decisionmaking.
• Ability to implement change.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Position requires sitting for 20% of the workday and mobility 80% of the workday.
• Occasional stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.
• Frequent reaching, use of hands and repetitive action.
• Requires occasional lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds, pushing/pulling up to 150 pounds.
• Continuous visual acuity at close and distant range.
• Inside protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• Minimal noise levels.
• Much exposure to computer work.
• Occasional exposure to risk of electrical shock.
• Some exposure to infectious disease while performing job-related tasks.
• Som exposure to hazardous chemicals.
• Occasional exposure to radiation.

Primary Location

Baptist Medical Center South