Clinic RN Northwestern OBGYN

Clinic Registered Nurse

Hourly range: $29.09 USD to $42.42 USD

The RN provides safe nursing care in a timely manner to patients, within the scope of an RN as defined by the Vermont State Board of Nursing.

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or enrolled in an accredited Direct Entry to Master of Science in Nursing Program preferred.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Vermont (VT RN license or Compact State RN).
• Prior
  
  Experience:
  
  Minimum of two years non-hospital nursing experience. Previous clinical experience in obstetrical, pediatric and neonatal nursing. PALS certification in ALSO or proficiency in education in obstetric emergencies encouraged.

• Reports To: Manager
• Other Contacts: Providers and their staff, patients and their families, hospital staff & community resource staff

• Machinery or Equipment Used:
  Computer, basic office equipment, exercise equipment, patient monitoring and care and resuscitation equipment
• Physical Demands:
  Extensive sitting, walking, typing, listening, bending, finger dexterity, standing, reaching, color vision, talking, and eye/hand coordination
• Working Conditions:
  
  Medical clinic environment with patients at high risk of cardiac arrest or arrhythmias. Subject to high stress of multiple calls, interruptions, demands and crisis situations
• Required Protective Equipment: PPE as situation and patient condition dictates

• Incorporates appropriate assessment and intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care including:
• Provides comprehensive patient orientation to ensure patient safety
• Assessment
• Performs admission assessment
• Develops outcome goals based on best practice and patient response
• Evaluates patient's progress through program by use of lab data, ECG interpretation and patient's exercise tolerance
• Equipment use and management
• Communicates with patients, team members, and management in an accurate and timely manner evidenced by:
• Talks with and listens to patients/team members
• Reports pertinent, concise information
• Complete timely clinical documentation/order entry
• Protects confidentiality of patient/colleagues
• Applies critical thinking skills and considers alternatives
• Organizes multitask workload
• Prioritizes tasks/work
• Appropriately seeks assistance
• Collects/integrates data from multiple sources
• Organizes/delivers care for multiple patient assignment
• Develops and maintain human care relationships
• Integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness and/or healing
• Adapts care management for diverse populations and environment
• Advocates for needs of patients
• Provides care in ethical and legal manner
• Refers concerns/issues to appropriate resources
• Manages self and resources effectively
• Acknowledges limits of experience and capability
• Identifies learning needs and seeks resources
• Utilizes equipment and supplies appropriately
• Maintain clean, orderly environment of care
• Ensures traffic control in “sensitive areas”
• Seeks out and accepts feedback
• Applies leadership skills
• Interacts with others in professional manner
• Manages conflict
• Coordinates care within multi-disciplinary team
• Utilizes process improvement techniques to evaluate and improve program
• Incorporates teaching in delivery of care with a focus on health promotion
• Provides appropriate information to patient
• Assess for barriers to learning
• Uses colleagues as a learning resource
• Provides counseling about health behaviors
• Supports the preceptorship program, job shadow and student experiences
• Applies knowledge integration skills for the patient population served within clinic
• Provides age specific care
• Applies knowledge of expected norms in planning care
• Applies new data to improve care
• Integrates technical, psychological, social, intellectual and physical skills
• Demonstrates the unit specific skills requisite for patient population served
• See unit specific competencies