Patient Care Unit RN FT.75 Nights

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Purpose

Provides and directs safe, effective, and culturally-competent care for pediatric through aging adult patients with actual or potential medical health problems. Key accountabilities include assessments, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using critical thinking and evidenced-based practice; adherence to the Professional Practice of Standards as defined by ANA; and active participation in performance improvement activities.

Essential Job Functions

• Patient assessment
• Medication administration
• Monitoring vital signs
• Wound care
• Providing patient education
• Collaborating with the healthcare team
• Discharge planning
• Pain management
• Maintaining patient safety

Responsibilities and Duties

Requirements :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Competencies

Supervisory Responsibility

Direction : The job requires some accountability for scheduling, assigning or coordinating work. Employees check the quality of work and provide guidance, instruction, training and direction to others. In addition, the employees may be expected to provide information or suggestions on human resources matter.

Materials Responsibility

Limited : Work requires limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assists. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste, or financial loss. Problem associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resource may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated.

Key Relationships

Co-workers / JCRHC Employees. Outside Agencies / Other Health Care Providers, General Public / Visitors / Volunteers, Physicians / Medical Office Staff, Residents / Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others

Position Specifications

Education

Associates Degree

Field of Study

Nursing

Special Training

ACLS; BLS; PALS; Dependent Adult / Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training within timelines established in Licensure, Registration, Certification and Life Saving training policy.

Training Preferred

Baccalaureate in Nursing

Licensure / Registration

Registered Nurse in Iowa

Experience

N / A

Interpersonal Skills

Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are of moderate difficulty and sensitivity. Contact with others may involve detailed & lengthy dialogues & exchanges of information. Requires a moderate amount of interpersonal skills. Interactions involve dealing with moderately complicated problem situations or stressful encounters.

Working Conditions :

There is a routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment. Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee may be exposed to these conditions in limited to 70% or less of the work day.

Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens

Yes

Service Excellence Expectations