RN - Medical Progressive Care; Weekends), Jefferson

Overview

RN - Medical Progressive Care (Weekends), Jefferson — Allegheny Health Network. The Medical Progressive Care Unit (Jefferson) consists of 28 beds with capabilities for high level cardiac monitoring. Integrated patient care is provided for patients with respiratory failure, heart failure, and patients who may require bi-pap, chest tubes, and titratable intravenous drips.

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The Registered Nurse is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered.

• The registered nurse provides transformational leadership in a professional practice setting by striving to create and participate in the future of healthcare.
• Team player who contributes to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs of the patient and skill level of the RN, LPN or support staff. Assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
• Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of the intervention and predictability of the outcome.
• Provides peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues and cultivates a work environment that promotes positive employee attitudes, effective communications, trust, and collaboration.
• Willingly accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture in which risk taking is safe and creativity, flexibility, resiliency, and adaptability are key.
• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
• Participates in department-specific quality initiatives (e.g., EBP population specific). Ensures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate and implement a patient plan of care as prescribed by the physician, nurse and hospital policy, including patient and family.
• Derives culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family and other health care providers.
• Analyzes health status data to determine patient care needs; notifies physician or supervisor when changes occur and documents accordingly.
• Assesses patient reports/records, accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit, and performs duties within individualized competency.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous lifelong learning and professional development for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research findings to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
• Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback to identify areas of strength and areas for development.
• Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
• Places the patient at the center of everything by evaluating and assessing patient and family satisfaction and advocating for patients and customers.
• Participates in department-specific patient satisfaction initiatives and promotes compassionate, patient- and family-centered communication.
• Assesses and resolves patient/family concerns and uses effective time management to complete duties within the shift.

Minimum

• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Current State of PA RN licensure OR current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
• CPR certification

Preferred

• Certification in area of specialty

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