Registered Nurse

2569445
• Sign On Bonus Available
• Department:
Operating Room
Schedule/Status:
Varies; Full Time
Standard Hours/Week:
36
General Description:
Under the general supervision of the Executive Director/Director/Clinical Coordinator, the RN is responsible for the provision of nursing care as appropriate to population served. The RN, through team nursing and the multidisciplinary team, assesses, plans, coordinates, implements, and evaluates the plan of care. The RN monitors the plan of care to ensure quality, appropriateness, timeliness, and effectiveness of the care rendered. The RN, utilizing the Person- and Family- Centered Care Model, recognizes and addresses family needs and preferences, and integrates family caregivers as partners in care demonstrating mutual trust and respect.
Key Responsibilities:
Perform physical and psychosocial assessment including growth and development of the patient. Record and analyze patient medical history, symptoms, and conditions. Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions. Perform indicated re-assessment within defined timeframes.
Administer medications, infusion therapy and treatments utilizing bar code scanning and evidence-based safety procedure.
Team leading and coordination of care: Initiates the care plan and plans daily care with the team, patient and family. Coordinates care with the multidisciplinary team members to meet patient s educational and discharge planning needs. Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients responses and conditions.
Appropriately coordinates, delegates, and supervises duties of other health care personnel, such as Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Nurse Technicians, and Patient Safety Advocates.
Utilizing critical thinking and problem-solving skills, implements direct patient care and treatments, as demonstrated by follow through and use of appropriate intervention.
Evaluate the effectiveness of planned interventions in relation to patient responses and the attainment of expected outcomes. Document and communicate actions to maintain continuity among the nursing team.
Communicate effectively with co-workers, physicians, patients, families, and other health care team members. Completes hourly rounding, includes the person/family to actively participate in face-to-face bedside handoff/handover report; communicates in SBAR format for all handoff/handover reports and changes in patient s status to the Care Provider/physician, Clinical Coordinator or Charge Nurse. Follows the chain of command.
Documents in a concise, pertinent, and legible manner, on the appropriate form and according to accepted standards. Nursing care is provided in an organized, timely, safe, cost effective manner.
Assesses the patient s health literacy level. Plans, implements and evaluates effectiveness of patient education. Instruct patients and families on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and develops individualized health improvement programs helping patients make informed decisions about their health and treatment. Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.
Participates in Quality Monitoring/Performance Improvement. Incorporates Evidence Based practices into daily care.
Performs similar or related duties as assigned.
Knows fire, disaster and safety procedures and regulations as it pertains to the work area
Requirements:
Formal Education:
Graduate of an RN education program (accredited preferred); Associate Degree in Nursing required.
Bachelor Degree in Nursing preferred
Work Experience:
At least 1 year experience
Required Licenses, Certifications, Registrations:
State of Florida RN
• BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRP certifications must be obtained through the AHA
Cardiac Cath Lab: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
Emergency Department: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale, ACLS and PALS required
Intensive Care Unit: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
Interventional Radiology: BLS NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
Med/Telemetry: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: BLS, ACLS and PALS required
Women s Center: BLS and NRP required
Full Time Benefits:
Eligible to participate in a number of PMC-sponsored benefits, including:
Benefits Start on Day 1
Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
403(b) Retirement Program
Tuition Reimbursement/Educational Assistance
EAP, Flex Spending, Accident, Critical and Other Applicable Benefits
Annual Accrual of 152 Personal Leave Bank (PLB) Hours
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Parrish Medical Center (PMC) is a public, not-for-profit acute care healing hospital with 210 beds located on the Space Coast of Florida.
PMC is a nationally recognized industry leader having earned a number of prestigious recognitions, including Modern Healthcare Magazine's Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare and Spirit of Excellence Awards, America's #1 Healing Hospital for three consecutive years, HealthGrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award , Hospital of Choice Award, National Spirit of Women Premier Hospital, and more Joint Commission disease-specific Gold Seal certifications for quality than all but one other hospital in Florida.
At PMC we believe that healing is a process that can be enhanced with the right environment a healing environment. As nationally recognized leaders in providing therapeutic healing environments, our distinctive approach to health and wellness care blends the science of evidence-based medicine with the art of healing.
Every aspect of Parrish Medical Center and our family of programs and services is designed to promote healing. From the moment you arrive, you ll feel the difference in our healing hospital.
• Spirit-lifting architecture and d cor
• Award-winning medical care
• World-class community of care partners (employees, medical staff, volunteers)

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