RN - Med Surg

Pay Rate: $55 - $60 per hour
Shift Timings: Day Shift 7am-7pm EOW Required

Summary:

• Provide safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver patient care by incorporating the tenets of the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care.
• Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking skills in patient care management.
• Integrate relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.
• Prioritize all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and planning “after hospital care”.
• Educate patients and caregivers about their plan of care, transition of care, promotion of health, and prevention of disease.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, family, and all members of the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.
• Manage assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing and demonstrate allocation of material resources effectively.
• Role model the tenets of Relationship Centered Care through facilitation of various patient care actions.
• Consider the patient's values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care.
• Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family.
• Initiate service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening through dialogue, body language, and actions.
• Practice safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate with management to ensure resources are appropriately utilized.
• Document in an accurate and thorough manner in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
• Facilitate patient throughput on shift basis.
• Advance clinical competence in nursing practice to progress from novice to expert.
• Encourage and demonstrate a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning, and innovation for self and others.

Requirements:

• NYS RN License
• BLS Certification
• Minimum 2 years Med/Surg experience
• Minimum 2 years RN experience
• EPIC experience highly preferred
• 3x12 Schedule with every other weekend & holidays required

Preferred Skills:

• Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing preferred.
• Associate degree in nursing is considered only with relevant experience and/or active matriculation in a BSN Program.