Registered Nurse​/Travel Registered Nurse

Department:
Nursing

Reports To:

RN Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager/ADON/ADON-Unit/Center Nurse Executive

Summary:

Under the direction of the RN Nursing Supervisor, Unit Manager, ADON or ADON – Unit, or Center Nurse Executive (Nurse Leader), the Registered Nurse (RN) delivers efficient and effective nursing care while achieving positive clinical outcomes and patient/family satisfaction.

• Assessment:
  Collects, validates, synthesizes, and records objective and subjective data.
• Care Planning:
  Establishes realistic and measurable short and long term goals for the identified health problems and needs.
• Implementing Care:
  Performs nursing functions and provides care within scope of practice.
• Managing patient care:
  Delegates care responsibilities to staff considering complexity of care, competency of staff, center policies, and state’s practice act.
• Communicates patient information with assigned staff during and between shifts.
• Participates in shift-to-shift communication between incoming and outgoing nursing staff.
• Uses Point Click Care (PCC) according to the Business Processes.
• Performs drug count when beginning and ending shift and whenever necessary.
• Collaborates with physicians in rounds and examination of patients, as needed.
• Collaborates and coordinates with other departments to provide timely effective care consistent with individual’s needs, choices and preferences.
• Contributes to an environment that is respectful, team-oriented, and responsive to the concerns of staff, patients and families.
• Enhances nursing practice by attending all mandated in-service programs and other GHC and outside professional education programs.
• Assists with the orientation of newly hired nursing staff.
• Promotes a culture of safety to ensure a healthy practice and living environment.
• Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive Protected Health Information (PHI) at all times.
• Stays and works beyond scheduled shift if needed to meet state staffing requirements and/or needs of patients.
• Performs other duties as requested.

• Complies with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies and procedures including but not limited to those within the Compliance and Ethics Program, Standard/Code of Conduct, Federal False Claims Act and HIPAA.
• Participates in required orientation and training programs.
• Promptly reports concerns and suspected incidences of non-compliance to supervisor, Compliance Liaison or to the Compliance Officer via the Integrity Hotline.
• Cooperates with monitoring and audit functions and investigations.
• Participates, as requested, in quality assurance and process improvement activities.

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing is required.
• Must be currently licensed by the State Board of Nursing.

• Current physical assessment skills and comprehensive knowledge of nursing principles required, including the ability to recognize and identify symptoms and manage emergency situations.
• Knowledge of medications, their proper dosage, and expected results.
• Ability to coordinate, delegate and supervise nursing functions, problem solve and make decisions as necessary.
• Ability to create a patient-centered environment.
• Ability of communicate in English both orally and in writing.
• Basic knowledge of computer use.