RN Staff Nurse, Full-time, Nights, ICU, EWCH, Murphy, NC

Registered professional nurse responsible for direct and/or indirect care of the patient at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, NC.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to the NCBON RN Nursing Laws and Rules.
• Assessment: Collect, verify, and interpret data in relation to health; formulate nursing diagnosis.
• Planning: Identify patient needs; determine priorities of nursing diagnosis, goals, and interventions; develop a plan of care.
• Implementation: Implement the plan of care, including procuring resources; assign, delegate, and supervise licensed and unlicensed personnel.
• Evaluation: Evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and achievement of expected outcomes; modify the plan of care as needed.
• Collaborating: Communicate and work cooperatively with individuals whose services may affect patient care; coordinate and implement nursing care within the multidisciplinary team.
• Teaching and Counseling: Teach and counsel clients, families, and groups; identify learning needs; develop and evaluate teaching plans; make referrals to appropriate resources.
• Managing Nursing Care: Supervise, teach, and evaluate nursing personnel; report and record care; administer nursing services; accept responsibility for self; participate in performance improvement.

Requirements

• Education:
  • Required: Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
  • Preferred: Graduate of an accredited four-year Nursing Program (BSN).
• Experience:
  • Required: One year of medical/surgical acute care experience or at department manager's discretion.
• License/Certification/Registration:
  • Required: Current, unrestricted North Carolina RN licensure or Multi-State Nursing Compact Licensure.
  • BLS certification completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained thereafter.
  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire and maintained thereafter.
  • PALS required within 6 months of hire and maintained thereafter.
  • Basic de-escalation training/certification within 6 months of hire.
  • Management of Aggressive Behavior (MOAB) or Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within 6 months of hire and then annually thereafter.
  • NIHSS required prior to completion of departmental orientation and maintained thereafter.
  • North Carolina licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-North Carolina residents.

Schedule

Regular full-time hours.