RN Outpatient - Digestive Health - Greensburg - Full Time

About the role

The Registered Nurse provides transformational leadership in a professional practice setting by striving to create and participate in the future of healthcare. They contribute to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring. They assign or delegate tasks based on the needs of the patient and skill level of the RN, LPN, or support staff. They consider the safety of the environment, the patient's condition, the complexity of the intervention, and the predictability of the outcome.

Responsibilities

• Assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
• Provides peers with both verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues and cultivates a work environment that promotes positive employee attitudes, effective communications, trust, and collaboration.
• Willingly accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture in which risk taking is safe and expected.
• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
• Participates in department specific quality initiatives (e.g., Evidence-Based Practice population-specific).
• Safeguards appropriate order sets and supervises delegated and evaluated assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate, and implement a patient plan of care according to the individual needs of the patient as prescribed by physician, nurse, and hospital policy.
• Analyzes the health status of the individuals and families comparing the data with the norm, when possible, to determine patient care needs.
• Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit and performs duties within individualized competency.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous lifelong learning and professional development for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
• Identifies areas of strength and areas in which professional development would be beneficial.
• Maintains and develops clinical and professional skills and knowledge through formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence.
• Plays a central role in ensuring patient and family satisfaction by continuously evaluating and assessing patient and family satisfaction and performing as an advocate for patients and customers.
• Promotes compassionate communication that is patient and family centered.
• Affords attention to patient/family concerns and attempts to resolve them.
• Manages time effectively to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within established work shifts.

Qualifications

• Minimum Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
• CPR certification
• Preferred Certification in area of specialty