Staff Nurse Mixed MedSurg​/Tele Unit , MMMC

Position: Staff Nurse; 36hrs, Day, Mixed MedSurg/Tele Unit 3, MMMC
Job Summary:

Provides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.

Essential Responsibilities:

* Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate.

* Utilizes nursing process to deliver care.

* Performs any task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills.

* Administers medications.

* Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care.

* Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate.

* Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel.

* Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver.

* Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor.

* Takes charge duties as assigned.

* Incorporates the Maui Health Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.

* Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned within the scope of their practice.

* May be assigned to another cost center; that may include other work locations on a shift by shift basis to meet patient care requirements.