Registered Nurse

Under the direction of the RN Nursing Supervisor, Unit Manager, ADON or ADON – Unit, or Center Nurse Executive (Nurse Leader), the Registered Nurse (RN) delivers efficient and effective nursing care while achieving positive clinical outcomes and patient/family satisfaction.

Requirements

• Collects, validates, synthesizes, and records objective and subjective data.
• Prioritizes data collection based on patient needs.
• Analyzes all data.
• Identifies actual or potential problems or needs based on data analysis.
• Establishes realistic and measurable short and long term goals for the identified health problems and needs.
• Develops individualized interventions to achieve goals.
• Determines timelines within the care plan.
• Conducts a systematic and ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes.
• Reviews and revises plan of care as indicated.
• Performs nursing functions and provides care within scope of practice.
• Coordinates and delegates care as appropriate.
• Verifies that medical orders are accurately transcribed.
• Administers medications and performs treatments per physician orders.
• Communicates and documents interventions and patient response.
• Delegates care responsibilities to staff considering complexity of care, competency of staff, center policies, and State’s practice act.
• Supervises staff to ensure that delegated tasks and interventions are implemented appropriately and per policy.
• Evaluates and adjusts the plan of care to achieve patient goals and minimize re-hospitalizations.
• Actively participates in Utilization Management or Interdisciplinary Care Management Meeting to facilitate appropriate discharge planning.
• Communicates patient information with assigned staff during and between shifts.
• Participates in shift-to-shift communication between incoming and outgoing nursing staff.
• Uses Point Click Care (PCC) according to the Business Processes.
• Performs drug count when beginning and ending shift and whenever necessary.
• Collaborates with physicians in rounds and examination of patients, as needed.
• Collaborates and coordinates with other departments to provide timely effective care consistent with individual’s needs, choices and preferences.
• Contributes to an environment that is respectful, team-oriented, and responsive to the concerns of staff, patients and families.
• Enhances nursing practice by attending all mandated in-service programs and other GHC and outside professional education programs.
• Assists with the orientation of newly hired nursing staff.
• Promotes a culture of safety to ensure a healthy practice and living environment.
• Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive Protected Health Information (PHI) at all times.
• Stays and works beyond scheduled shift if needed to meet state staffing requirements and/or needs of patients.
• Performs other duties as requested.
• Complies with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies and procedures including but not limited to those within the Compliance and Ethics Program, Standard/Code of Conduct, Federal False Claims Act and HIPAA.
• Participates in required orientation and training programs.
• Promptly reports concerns and suspected incidences of non-compliance to supervisor, Compliance Liaison or to the Compliance Officer via the Integrity Hotline.
• Cooperates with monitoring and audit functions and investigations.
• Participates, as requested, in quality assurance and process improvement activities.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance