RN Resource Float Full Time

About the Role

Provide professional nursing care in collaboration with members of the health care team in the ongoing assessment, planning, and treatment of patients and families. Utilize resources wisely while promoting physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being. Maintain accurate and complete documentation of nursing services. Serve as a patient advocate.

In addition to providing hands-on nursing care, RNs work and serve in a broad range of capacities including, but not limited to, crisis RN staffing throughout the facility (excluding PACU and L&D), case management support, physician clinic support, and discharge planning. This supports assessment, planning, prevention, teaching, care, and treatment of the patient and the patient’s family.

The RN is expected to exercise competency in judgment, decision making, implementation of nursing intervention, delegation of function or responsibility, and administration of medications and treatments prescribed by legally authorized persons.

Responsibilities

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills to competently care for all assigned age groups (Neonate, Child, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric as applicable).
• Ensures the accuracy of documenting services and supplies provided to patients.
• Works collaboratively with physician clinic offices in the “Primary Medical Home Model” implementation and maintenance.
• Works collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams on prevention and maintenance of disease processes for patients and families.
• Demonstrates compliance with hospital safety policies and procedures.
• Performs and documents comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessments.
• Educates patients based on assessment of needs.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates a plan of care based on patient's needs.
• Communicates patient's current status and plan of care to other caregivers (verbally and in writing).
• Prepares, gives, and evaluates the effectiveness of medications.
• Demonstrates safe operation of patient care equipment.
• Advocates for the rights of patients.
• Provides nursing measures to alleviate or reduce pain.
• Demonstrates therapeutic communication.
• Establishes therapeutic and professional boundaries.
• Integrates knowledge, experience, professional standards, and hospital policies into nursing practice.
• Meets unit-specific technical skills.
• Practices within the rules and regulations defined by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.

Requirements

• Licensed in the State of Oregon as a Registered Nurse as defined by the Oregon State Board of Nursing is required.
• Bachelor's in Nursing (BSN) strongly preferred.
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers certification from either AHA, ARC, or the Military Training Network is required at hire in all units, unless currently certified in ACLS and/or PALS.
• ACLS/PALS certification within 6 months of hire.

Benefits

Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health.