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Company:
Children s National Hospital
Posted: July 4, 2024
ABOUT THE HSC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
The HSC Health Care System is a nonprofit organization combining the resources of a care coordination plan; (Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc.), pediatric specialty hospital (The HSC Pediatric Center), home health agency (HSC Home Care, LLC), and parent foundation (The HSC Foundation) to offer a comprehensive approach to caring, serving and empowering people with disabilities. The HSC team of 750 employees and more than 100 volunteers together serve children and young adults with special health care needs and their families at our District of Columbia and Maryland locations.
ESSENTIAL HSC MISSION AND VALUES
Mission Statement
HSC Health Care System provides and coordinates innovative, high quality, community-based care for individuals with complex needs and their families. HSC empowers all we serve to improve the quality of their lives.
Organizational Beliefs
HSC supports individuals and families to maximize their potential. The following beliefs drive our work. HSC believes that:
• A culturally diverse community is a strength.
• Inclusiveness for individuals, families, and staff promotes positive outcomes.
• Everyone should be treated with compassion and empathy.
• Our skillful, dedicated, and resourceful staff is key to our success.
• We must continually adapt to the changing needs of our community.
• Increased independence is an important goal for individuals and their families.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Inpatient and Skilled Nursing Facility Nurse (RN) are responsible for assessing, planning, providing and documenting direct and indirect nursing care for a designated group of hospital patients or skilled nursing facility residents in accordance with the physician's plan of care. All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, HSC Policies and Procedures, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The RN also provides nursing care interventions, preventing complications and promoting improvement in the patients'/residents' comfort and wellness, informing the interdisciplinary team of their condition as appropriate. All efforts are directed towards continuous quality improvement and family-centered care.
Job Functions
Nursing Care Functions
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Employee Excellence
The HSC Health Care System is a nonprofit organization combining the resources of a care coordination plan; (Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc.), pediatric specialty hospital (The HSC Pediatric Center), home health agency (HSC Home Care, LLC), and parent foundation (The HSC Foundation) to offer a comprehensive approach to caring, serving and empowering people with disabilities. The HSC team of 750 employees and more than 100 volunteers together serve children and young adults with special health care needs and their families at our District of Columbia and Maryland locations.
ESSENTIAL HSC MISSION AND VALUES
Mission Statement
HSC Health Care System provides and coordinates innovative, high quality, community-based care for individuals with complex needs and their families. HSC empowers all we serve to improve the quality of their lives.
Organizational Beliefs
HSC supports individuals and families to maximize their potential. The following beliefs drive our work. HSC believes that:
• A culturally diverse community is a strength.
• Inclusiveness for individuals, families, and staff promotes positive outcomes.
• Everyone should be treated with compassion and empathy.
• Our skillful, dedicated, and resourceful staff is key to our success.
• We must continually adapt to the changing needs of our community.
• Increased independence is an important goal for individuals and their families.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Inpatient and Skilled Nursing Facility Nurse (RN) are responsible for assessing, planning, providing and documenting direct and indirect nursing care for a designated group of hospital patients or skilled nursing facility residents in accordance with the physician's plan of care. All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, HSC Policies and Procedures, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The RN also provides nursing care interventions, preventing complications and promoting improvement in the patients'/residents' comfort and wellness, informing the interdisciplinary team of their condition as appropriate. All efforts are directed towards continuous quality improvement and family-centered care.
Job Functions
Nursing Care Functions
- Provide direct care to assigned patients/residents.
- Perform admission, discharge, and transfer procedures, and assist others with patient's/resident's activities and care.
- Execute physician's orders for all assigned patients/residents; safely and properly administers medications and treatments.
- Assesses patients/residents; determines nursing diagnosis; plans, implements, and evaluates patient/resident care upon admission and throughout hospitalization. The assessment must include biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education, and discharge planning factors incorporating data from the patient/resident and or family when appropriate, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills by problem-solving appropriately when providing patient/resident care.
- Anticipate and proactively plan for educational needs verified with patient/resident and family throughout the hospital stay.
- Assesses teaching/learning needs of patient/resident/caregiver(s) while preparing for independence/discharge. Documents patient/resident and caregiver's education and understanding of information.
- Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and hospital or regulatory standards.
- Integrate nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient/resident outcomes.
- Anticipate patient/resident needs and secure proper equipment and personnel for transport to outside clinic appointments. Accompany patient/resident to outside clinic appointments and community integration when necessary.
- Participates in interdisciplinary patient/resident rounds and related activities.
- Administers medications according to policy and monitors patient/resident's response and documents in the electronic medical record according to policy.
- Verifies physician orders accurately and acknowledges new orders in the electronic medical record.
- Maintains documentation that exemplifies adherence to the highest standards of practice.
- Perform hospital-wide and unit specific technical skills competently and independently in accordance with policy and procedure guidelines, and as instructed by the Nurse Manager and/or House Supervisor.
- Demonstrate proper use of the identified hand-off processes.
- Adhere to standard precautions and infection control policies.
- Acts as a member of the Code Blue Team as assigned.
- Independently maintain regulatory requirements e.g. RN license, BLS, etc.
- Independently initiate escalation of concerns/issues utilizing chain of command.
- Plan for attendance at mandatory education and professional activities to enhance nursing practice.
- Demonstrate professional review of peers through timely participation in evaluations.
- Seek out opportunities to participate in enhancing departmental goals by ensuring adherence to national safety standards and service excellence standards; support the advancement of education and certification as well.
- Collaborate with members of the healthcare team and role model professional behavior and teamwork with coworkers.
- Communicate in a courteous, professional, and empathetic manner with patients/residents, and families.
- Participate in implementing change and support management decisions.
- Role model organizational skills, adjust for changes and can complete assignments on time.
- The Inpatient RN provides supervision to the Pediatric Care Aides (PCAs).
- Serves as an active member of departmental or hospital committee as requested.
- Participates in interdisciplinary, interdepartmental performance improvement activities.
- Serves as a resource for other nursing staff members.
- Refer to Inpatient RN and SNF Roles and Responsibilities document for additional duties within each area.
- Other duties, as assigned.
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Employee Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding of quality of service and collaborates with co-workers to ensure excellence standard is achieved
- Innovates through improvement of care and/or efficiency of operational processes.
- Dedicated to a standard of performance excellence and high quality
- Embraces changes/improvements and actively pa.
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