RN - Specialty II - ER - Mid-Shift - FT - Douglas Road ER

Location: Pembroke Pines, Florida

About the role

Provides direct patient care in a designated specialty unit in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice and with the policies, values, and mission of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including disposition, referral, and spiritual and/or psychosocial support needs.
• Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel.
• May precept student nurses and new hires.
• Evaluates learning needs of the patient and/or family and provides patient and family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources.
• Monitors, documents, and communicates patient condition as appropriate.

Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Development and Implementation of Plan of Care, Knowledge of Disease Process, Organization Skills, Patient and Family Centered Care, Patient Safety - Nursing, Problem Solving - Patient Care, Responding to Change, Standards of Behavior.

Requirements

• Accredited Program: Nursing (Required)
• BLS Cert American Heart Association (BLS AHA) - American Heart Association (Required)
• Registered Nurse License (RN LICENSE) - State of Florida (Required)
• Requires critical thinking skills, effective communications skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• One (1) year of nursing experience required.

Department-specific credentials:

• ONCC Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider Certificate required for those RN's administering chemotherapy.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required for ICU, ED, PACU, Endo, Tele, OB, MHN Pre-Op, and Specialty Procedural areas.
• PALS is required for Pediatric areas with the exception of NICU.
• Certification in Fetal Monitoring through National Credential Center or through AWOHNN (Intermediate or Advanced) for L&D RN's.
• Newly licensed RN's have six (6) months to obtain ACLS and/or PALS, and Fetal Monitoring if L&D.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Bending and Stooping: 80%
• Climbing: 40%
• Keyboard Entry: 80%
• Kneeling: 60%
• Lifting/Carrying Patients 35 Pounds or Greater: 80%
• Lifting or Carrying 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Lifting or Carrying 25.01 lbs - 75 lbs Non-Patient: 40%
• Pushing or Pulling 0 - 25 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Pushing or Pulling 26 - 75 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Pushing or Pulling > 75 lbs Non-Patient: 80%
• Reaching: 80%
• Repetitive Movement Foot/Leg: 40%
• Repetitive Movement Hand/Arm: 80%
• Running: 40%
• Sitting: 60%
• Squatting: 80%
• Standing: 80%
• Walking: 80%
• Audible Speech: 80%
• Hearing Acuity: 80%
• Smelling Acuity: 40%
• Depth Perception: 80%
• Distinguish Color: 80%
• Seeing - Far: 80%
• Seeing - Near: 80%
• Bio hazardous Waste: 80%
• Biological Hazards - Respiratory: 80%
• Biological Hazards - Skin or Ingestion: 80%
• Blood and/or Bodily Fluids: 80%
• Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens: 80%
• Cytotoxic Chemicals: 60%
• Dust: 60%
• Gas/Vapors/Fumes: 80%
• Hazardous Chemicals: 80%
• Hazardous Medication: 80%
• Computer Monitor: 80%
• Domestic Animals: 40%
• Fire Risk: 40%
• Magnetic Fields: 40%
• Moving Mechanical Parts: 40%
• Needles/Sharp Objects: 80%
• Potential Electric Shock: 40%
• Potential for Physical Assault: 40%
• Wet or Slippery Surfaces: 60%

Schedule

Shift: Evenings