Job Description:
The Staff Nurse (Registered Nurse, RN) works under the supervision of a designated leader. The Staff Nurse (Registered Nurse) assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and supervises individual patient care according to standards. Accepts responsibility for direction of co-workers in the implementation of plans of care. May be required to work in other areas according to skill of staff and acuity of patients. Provides exceptional service to all patients and customers.
Performs other duties as assigned.
BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES Employees are responsible for the following RESPECT Plus Core Behaviors as defined in the RESPECT Plus document:
Accountability Communication
Appearance Confidentiality/Privacy
Attitude Courtesy
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Employee in this position perform the following technical competencies:
Completes assessment of patient and documents in medical record.
Analyzes the information collected to determine patient's needs, diagnosis, and expected outcomes.
Develops a plan of care based upon the assessment, diagnosis, and expected outcomes of patient.
Implements plan of care and documents in medical record.
Oversees the delegation of the plan to other licensed and unlicensed personnel and supervises these personnel.
Evaluates patient's response to care, expected outcomes and updates plan of care.
Ensures a discharge plan is a part of the individualized plan of care.
Engages in patient/family/staff teaching to achieve the desired patient outcomes.
Administration of medications, monitor patients' response to medication and documents.
Participates in staff training and departmental improvement activities and uses the results of the quality of care activities to initiate change in practice.
Provides feedback to others regarding their performance based on contributions to the improvement activities.
Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others (example: students, orientees).
Collaborates with other members of the interdisciplinary team to achieve the patient's expected outcomes (example: rounds with physicians, attends team conference).
Provides nursing students with a positive clinical experience.
Required to attend at least 80% of scheduled unit meetings.
Completion of mandatory education and in-services prior to designated deadline.
Has knowledge on the use of current system computer programs.
Other duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications:
EDUCATION: Graduate of accredited RN nursing program, critical care program successful completion.
LICENSURE: RN - State of Missouri. BCLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC required.
EXPERIENCE: Two years clinical experience as RN or related field.
ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL/MOTOR SKILLS: Ability to give injections, administer medications, change dressings; fine motor skills, eye/hand coordination, walk, ability to speak clearly, hear, answer phone, data entry.
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Exceptional - ability to assess the patient and obtain a comprehensive person oriented history in a minimum amount of time. Must build rapport with patient families, visitors, peers and physicians as well as other departments and divisions. Displays a friendly, positive attitude and communicates with patients, families, physicians and co-workers in a professional manner. Ability to communicate verbally and written.
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to go from patient location to patient location to assess, evaluate and administer care plan; must be able to occasionally turn the average weight of a patient and ambulate patients. Moves patient within department or transfers to other departments.
ESSENTIAL MENTAL ABILITIES: Ability to collect thorough information regarding patient's condition and evaluate effects of care; must be able to visually inspect patient's condition. Problem solve, manipulate numbers, adaptability, interpret data, calculate, comprehend, understand, explain, assess, evaluate short term and long term memory.
ESSENTIAL SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Ability to visually assess patient condition; must be able to communicate with patient in order to assess condition and evaluate effects of care. Visual, hearing, feeling, smell.
EXPOSURE TO HAZARDS: Needles, cuts, back injury, chemotherapy, body fluids, blood, punctures, scratches, physical injury from combative patients, radiation exposure, blood products, road and weather hazards when driving required. Infection/disease exposure from patients, visitors, and co-workers. Must be prepared for disasters/potential blood/body fluids. Exposed to environmental hazards such as might accompany an incoming patient.
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Job Number
08-2444
Company Summary:
Located in beautiful St. Joseph, Missouri, a city named as an "All America City," Heartland Health is an integrated health delivery system, which includes a medical center, physician practices, foundation and a health plan. Our flagship facility is Heartland Regional Medical Center (HRMC), which consists of 351 staffed acute care beds in a Level II trauma hospital. HRMC is JCAHO-accredited, and serves a regional population of 294,000 in Missouri, Kansas and the bordering counties in Nebraska and Iowa.
