Registered Nurse; RN - Med Surg - St. Joseph

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) -  Med Surg - St. Joseph
At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.

** Join our team today!
* 4 TELE is a 36-bed unit featuring 4 private rooms and 32 semi-private rooms. The unit sees many types of diagnoses with the most common being related to: CHF, Stroke, Irregular heart rhythms, COPD, Chest Pain, UTI, Sepsis and Kidney Failure. The 4 TELE staff has been nominated and selected several times for The Daisy Award, an award you can only receive from a patient or family nominating you for going above and beyond expectations.

The team of RNs is made up of a variety of experience from New Grad to 20+ yrs. of experience. We are a blue-ribbon unit that pride ourselves in giving the best clinical experience to nursing students. We also have integrated LPN's back into the nursing matrix. Our unit also has 22 specialty Hercules beds that saves our backs! Come join us, we would love to have you on the TELE TEAM!*
* ** Summary of Primary Function/General Purpose of Position*
* The Registered Nurse Medical/Surgical functions as a care provider of a multidisciplinary care team responsible for the delivery of patient care through using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN possesses the basic knowledge of a patient's age and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care, demonstrates strong skills related to effective time management and prioritizing patient care, contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement initiatives, collaborates with other professional disciplines, and supports the mission of the ministry to provide physical and psychological support to patients and families.

** Essential Job Functions*
* In collaboration with members of interdisciplinary teams, the RN establishes goals and strategies for meeting the discharge or continuing care needs with the patient. The RN performs and documents complete patient assessments, initiates and maintains current nursing care plans for all assigned patients, identifies patient learning needs to provide individualized and comprehensive teaching, administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures, serves as a point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout the hospital departments, acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department, and serves as a patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

** Licensing/Certification*
* Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)

BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care; ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support acceptable in lieu of BLS)

Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification RN-BC (Registered Nurse - Board Certified) (preferred)

CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred)

PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred)

CMSRN Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (preferred)

National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)

** Education*
* Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)

** Experience*
* One year of RN experience (required)

Six months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

** Skills*
* - Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff.

- Orients, facilitates learning experience, and provides education (based upon quality improvement indicators, outcomes, and implementation) to nursing staff and others.

- Possesses clinical knowledge, skills, and competency to provide evidence-based patient care in accordance with the current standards of practice, policy and procedure, and BSMH mission.

- Performs comprehensive assessment of patient's clinical condition and psychosocial needs of the patient and their supportive resources.

- Safely and efficiently develops, implements, and prioritizes plan of care.

- Application of the nursing process in patient care delivery.

- Assesses patient's physical and emotional responses to treatment to evaluate effectiveness of intervention and patient outcomes; revises plan of care accordingly.

- Assists patient and family in coping with patient's illness.

- Collaborates with others in the delivery of coordinated patient care.

- Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.

- Applies cultural diversity and inclusion principles when caring for patients and their support resources.

- Recognizes own limitations and seeks…