RN- Internal , Med Surg; Night

JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION

To improve the quality of life of patients and families by coordinating patient care processes of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in collaboration with the patient, family, physician, and appropriate support services for the age population served, as defined in the department's scope of service.

Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.

• Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
• Take initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
• Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
• Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
• Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers.

Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.

• Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
• Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.
• Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.

Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.

• Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
• Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
• Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.

Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.

• Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
• Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
• Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
• Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives.

• Effectively manages time and resources
• Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial.
• Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.

Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.

• Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
• Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
• Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
• Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Include, But Are Not Limited To:

Coordinates patient assessment through collection of patient's health data.

• Prioritizes data collection based on the patient's immediate condition or needs.
• Performs ongoing and systematic comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessments.
• Involves the patient, significant others and health care providers as appropriate.
• Performs functional, nutritional and other screenings and ensures triggers are complete.
• Identifies and coordinates the need for further assessment by discipline.
• Documents patient care assessments in the medical record.
• Analyzes patient assessments to determine nursing diagnoses and identifies expected outcomes.

• Determines nursing diagnoses using assessment data.
• Identifies patient outcomes based on the nursing diagnoses.
• Outcomes are prioritized based on the patient's condition and needs.
• Nursing diagnoses and outcomes are documented in the medical record.
• Triage assessment on all patients and follows protocols according to established department guidelines and policies.
• Demonstrates ability to proficiently assess patients in every age group.
• Coordinates an interdisciplinary plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.

• Collaborates with appropriate disciplines and integrates various assessments to formulate an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and current nursing practice standards.
• Reviews and updates the plan of care as the patient condition changes, at least every day.
• Documents the plan of care in the medical…