Description
The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients.
The staff RN utilises the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordination of care with other health team members.
Position Details
- Benefits Eligible: Yes
- Shift Details: Full-time (36 hours/week), night shift, 5:00 PM – 5:30 AM, 3 shifts per week, every other weekend required, and rotating holidays
- Department: Medical Surgical
- Primary Location: Logan Regional
Essential Functions
- Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status.
- Plan: Develops individualised plan of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration.
- Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions and revises the plan of care as indicated.
- Professionalism: Promotes the nursing profession and participates in the development of others.
Skills
- Patient Care Delivery
- Nursing Fundamentals
- Interdisciplinary Teams
- Documentation
- Professional Etiquette
- Accountability
- Patient Care Coordination
- Communication
- Patient Evaluation
- Critical Thinking
Minimum Qualifications
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice.
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
- RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four years of their hire date.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN).
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients.
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.
Salary
- $35.22 - $53.29 per hour