About this opportunity
Aultman Health Foundation lists this STAFF NURSE UNION, RN - FLOATS opportunity in alliance, Ohio. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Basic Function
A staff nurse is a professional nurse who delegates and coordinates patient care, based upon a documented assessment of the patient’s needs. The staff nurse applies the nursing process of assessment, planning interventions, implementing the plan of care, and evaluating that care. The nurse is a patient advocate, who in conjunction with the other members of the healthcare team guides the patient safely through the hospital stay. The staff nurse is responsible to the nurse unit manager, or in his/her absence, the supervisor. Staff R.N.’s report to the charge nurse regarding patient care matters and understand chain of command. (Charge Nurse, Coordinator, Director, House Supervisor in absence of prior).
Job Duties
Accurately communicates patient data to receiving provider at transitions of care
Accurately provides and delegates patient care
Collaborates with health care team members to complete hourly rounding
Transcribes, observes, and coordinates physician orders
Able to obtain lab and radiology reports off computer
Notifies physician of abnormal results in a timely manner
Documents in a complete, concise manner
Utilizes patient plan of care format
Participates in discharge planning with the coordination of the Clinical Nurse Leader
Initiates, maintains, administers and documents IV Therapy
Assists with orientation of new and current staff and students
Coordinates patient/family teaching
Patient’s health condition
Medications incorporating patient MAR
Discharge instructions
Responsible for checking emails and online learning assignments on a regular basis
Able to appropriately delegate patient care utilizing clinical judgment and maintaining accountability for patient care
If designated charge nurse for the dept: Assists manager with staff evaluations through input
Assists with quality data collection
Assists supervisor/manager with shift staffing
Charge Nurse assigns staff for patient care based on patient acuity, experience of nurses and mix of colleagues, i.e., float nurses, nurses pulled from other nursing units
Charge nurse assures checking/care and documentation of equipment
Code cart/suction
Glucometer
Medication dispensing system discrepancy
Intensive Care Unit
Able to lead Code Blue until the arrival of physician
Responds quickly to Rapid Response Team alerts when assigned, competently and efficiently assessing the patient status, and working with the physician and team to manage the care of the patient
Senior Care Unit
Understands restraint/seclusion policy, procedure, assessments, time frames, criteria for discontinuation and documentation
Understands the development of the Individual Treatment Plan, treatment team meeting time frames, evaluation, and documentation
Understands and demonstrates the ability to complete nursing admission, MMSE, GDS, Zung Anxiety Scale, Suicide Assessment, and geriatric functional scale
Is able to facilitate and participate in group therapy activities
Dialysis
Provide hemodialysis under the supervision of a physician
Requires yearly Hepatitis B titer to be completed and reviewed by the Colleague Health Nurse
Health Caring Standards / Values
Greet customers, visitors, and Colleagues immediately with a smile, warm greeting, and introduction, calling them by name if possible
Exceed the expected and anticipate the unexpected by asking, “Is there anything else I or a fellow Colleague can do for you?”
Always provide a comforting, timely, caring departure, or discharge, and always say thanks for allowing us to serve
Integrity, openness, and fairness in all you do
Teamwork
Pride in Department
Individual creativity and Innovation
Compassion and caring
Maintain department and hospital standards and policies
Age-appropriate Care
Colleague has been instructed in providing customer service and on interacting with age groups as related to the department's general client population: including use of appropriate interventions, communication, and skills to match the age and/or abilities of the patient/family.
* Note: Critical Care division does not admit patients under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
Machines, Tools, Equipment Used
Must be knowledgeable in all instruments and machines used by nursing personnel.
Education, Training And Experience
Currently licensed by the Ohio State Board of Nursing and or multistate licensure
Has been actively employed in a hospital-based nursing within the past 5 years, or completion of a state approved R.N. refresher course within the past year or is a recent graduate of an accredited school of nursing (R.N.) or is teaching in an acute care facility
Shows evidence of participation in continuing education and the unit-based Quality Program
Successful completion of the Registered Nurse Orientation Program at Alliance Community Hospital
Successful completion of any additional educational requirements of the hospital or the nursing unit assigned
Maintains current BLS certification through American Heart Association
If applicable, pay a service fee or join and maintain membership in O.N.A. and the Alliance Local Unit of O.N.A. within 31 days of employment
Must be computer-literate to complete task(s) as required
Senior Care Unit – Crisis Intervention and De‑Escalation (CIDE) certified within 3 months and maintained annually
3 West, ICU, PCU & Floats- Must complete critical care course upon hire (effective hire date in 2022). Obtain and maintain ACLS certification through the American Heart Association within 6 months of hire. Crisis Intervention and De‑Escalation (CIDE) certified within 3 months and maintained annually
ICU, PCU & Floats - NIH stroke scale obtained and maintained within 6 months of hire
Hemodialysis trained nurses – Minimum of 1 year dialysis experience preferred. Minimum of 1-year critical care experience
Successful completion of AACH dialysis training program, or able to provide documentation of dialysis training
Physical Requirements
Able to stand/walk for up to full scheduled shift per day
Able to bend to reach items on floor or bedside level
Able to reach overhead
Able to reach over a bed far enough to give care and turn patients
Able to push or pull patients or necessary equipment (i.e. wheelchair, EKG machine, code cart)
Able to lift 50 lbs. intermittently, unassisted
Able to move/transfer and ambulate patients unassisted and/or assisted as necessary using good body mechanics or appropriate techniques (i.e. slide board, total lift)
Able to lift, hold, and/or support a patient’s extremity or trunk for a period during a procedure
Able to climb onto step stool and to apply a minimum of 25-pound pressure/force for compressions during CPR
Able to wear personal protective equipment for an extended period, as necessary, (i.e. mask, goggles, etc.)
Able to turn and twist as necessary
Able to squat, kneel, or crawl as necessary
Ability to see clearly and able to distinguish appropriate rhythms from a minimum distance of 6 feet
Able to hear normal speaking voices
Able to communicate verbally and over the telephone in clear speech
Able to write clearly
Responsible To
Nurse Manager, Shift Supervisor, Vice President of Nursing/Operations
This description is intended to describe the essential job duties and the essential requirements for the performance of this job.
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Worksite address
alliance, OH, 44601, US
Who can apply
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