ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
- Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
- Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
- Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
- Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
- Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
- Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
- Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
- Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
- Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
- Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
- Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.
- Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
- Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as, documents assessment and patients’ response to medication.
- Responsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the Attending MD.
- Interprets and documents patient cardiac rate, rhythm and configuration (PR ST segment) and initiates appropriate treatment plan based on physician orders.
- Institutes appropriate measures in life threatening situations.
- Evaluates and takes appropriate action for patients with chest pain or other cardiac related symptoms.
- Participates actively in daily multi-disciplinary rounds for planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating patient care.
- Recognizes normal and abnormal laboratory and diagnostic results and appropriately notifies the physician of changes in a timely manner.
- Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family, utilizing current standards and protocols.
- Recognizes normal and deviant progress patterns and reports problems or concerns to physician in a timely manner.
- Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family, utilizing current standards and protocols.
- Utilizes pain management devices and other techniques to ensure proper pain relief.
- Sets up, maintains and troubleshoots other equipment related to the surgical patient such as; traction/orthopedic equipment/devices, feeding pumps, chest tubes and drains, etc.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Education
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• MOAB class required within 60 days of hire
Minimum Work Experience
• 1 year med-surge experience preferred
• Previous telemetry experience preferred
Minimum Licenses and Certifications
- Current MA RN License
- ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire
Job Start Date: 05/26/2026
Shift Information: 36-hour, Days, 7:00 am - 7:30 pm every other weekend and holiday, Monday - Sunday schedule
