Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery - Flex Job City of Elmira New York USA,Nursing

Position: Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery - Flex Staff
Location: City of Elmira

Available campus(es):
Arnot (Elmira, NY)

Within our Flex Staff program you'll receive:

Professional Growth and Experience: Arnot Health pool nurses can gain experience in multiple specialties, enhancing their clinical competence and expanding career options.
Flexibility and Work-Life Balance: Our Float pool nursing offers personalized schedules, allowing nurses the ability to achieve a better work-life balance.
Growth and Variety: Arnot Health nurses choosing to work in different units learn from different patients, treatments, and healthcare settings, which helps them grow professionally.
Higher Earning Potential: Our float pool nurses can earn higher salaries due to their flexible schedules and the high demand for their specialized skills.

MAIN FUNCTION:

The RN is a professional caregiver responsible for a group of patients during a designated timeframe, providing care through therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/instrumentation, and collaboration with other healthcare team members. The RN performs duties according to established standards of care and the core values of the Division of Nursing. Reports to the assigned Unit Director.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Standards of Care

Nursing Process Assessment

Performs ongoing, systematic assessment/data collection focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive status of patients.

Analyzes assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.

Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.

Formulates a goal-directed plan of care based on nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes.

Identifies patient/significant other learning needs and implements measures to meet them.

Implementation

Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.

Performs documentation duties accurately, timely, and concisely.

Evaluation

Evaluates the effectiveness of self, care provided by all healthcare team members, and the contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in progressing the patient toward outcomes.

Professional Performance

Quality of Care

Functions with awareness and application of safety issues identified within the institution.

Performs efficiently in emergency situations following protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.

Demonstrates sound knowledge and decision-making in caring for designated patient populations.

Follows all relevant policies and procedures.

Incorporates hourly rounding into daily practice.

Performance Appraisal

Maintains self-responsibility and accountability for professional practices.

Awareness of legal issues in patient care and unit functions, striving to manage situations with reduced risk.

Education

Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and skills for the assigned unit.

Participates actively in staff development activities and continuing education.

Collegiality

Builds effective working relationships with healthcare team members, patients, and families.

Remains flexible in staffing and conflict resolution.

Ethics

Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient/significant other rights.

Ensures decisions and actions are ethically appropriate.

Research

Remains aware of current nursing research and applies findings as appropriate.

Resource Utilization

Establishes care priorities based on patient needs and available resources.

Core Values

Accountability: Accepts responsibility for individual practice.
Caring and Compassionate Environment: Respects and provides holistic care to each patient.
Collaboration: Works effectively with team members, patients, and families.
Communication: Demonstrates effective communication skills and appropriate use of authority.
Continuity of Care: Ensures consistent care according to the care plan.
Leadership: Demonstrates leadership and appropriate delegation skills.
Learning Environment: Engages in self-directed learning and professional development.
Participation in Decision Making: Contributes to unit and organizational goals.
Quality Improvement: Participates in quality initiatives and standards development.
Age-Appropriate Care: Provides care suitable for patients' age groups.
Other: Maintains a patient-centered, friendly, and attentive approach.

It is understood that this job description lists typical duties and is not exhaustive of all duties assigned.

EDUCATION:

Current NYS nursing licensure, limited permit, or eligibility. Excellent communication and writing skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Requires physical effort such as lifting, pulling, pushing, and moving patients of various sizes. Some reaching and stooping. Must be on feet most of the time.

EXPOSURE CATEGORY:

Category I:
Tasks involving exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues.

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