RN | Skilled and Restorative Care | Full Time | Nights

Responsibilities

• Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
• Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
• Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
• Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
• Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
• Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care.
• Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
• Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
• Administers medications to patients.
• Provides direct patient care.
• Leads the health care team.
• Serves as a Resource Person for assigned shift.
• Serves as a preceptor for new employees.
• Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.
• Certified, Registered Nurse - New Hampshire Board of Nursing.
• Basic Life Support - American Heart Association.

Experience

• One year prior clinical nursing experience.
• Evidence of experience in working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.

Education

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.

Benefits

• Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
• The hospital provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and prohibits any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Not specified.

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Ability to interpret data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
• Ability to develop, evaluate and revise patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
• Ability to document care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
• Ability to direct and supervise others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
• Ability to teach the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care.
• Ability to prepare patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
• Ability to manage time and resources to deliver patient care.
• Ability to administer medications to patients.
• Ability to provide direct patient care.
• Ability to lead the health care team.
• Ability to serve as a Resource Person for assigned shift.
• Ability to serve as a preceptor for new employees.

Management of Mandatory Required Certification, Competencies, Education/Training-Nursing

• Refer to "Management of Mandatory Required Certification, Competencies, Education/Training-Nursing" Policy for department specific certifications.

Physical And Work Requirements

• The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM.
• The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak, and walk.
• The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood borne pathogens, and bodily fluids.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.