Staff Nurse RN - Pulmonary CMP6

Staff Nurse RN - Pulmonary Cmp6 - 36 hrs/wk Weekends Every Third Day/Night Shift rotation Holidays required

1. Position Function:
   • Provides nursing care that has as its ultimate concern supporting the total person and promoting adaptation of the individual. This is accomplished by counseling, teaching, direct care, and collaboration/consultation with other health care professionals. The Staff Nurse meets patient needs in accordance with the Nursing Division's philosophy, policies, and procedures.
2. Responsibilities
   • Essential Functions:
   • Provides superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the Service Excellence Standards.
   • Utilizes the nursing process in providing nursing care of patients through:
   • Assessing and reassessing patients and families.
   • Planning the process of nursing care.
   • Implementing and/or directing delivery of nursing care.
   • Evaluating care delivered.
   • Practices and promotes nursing care within professional standards.
   • Practices and promotes nursing care within legal standards.
   • Practices and promotes nursing care within ethical standards.
   • Provides patient teaching to patient and/or family.
   • Orients all level of Nursing division personnel, and nursing students.
   • Participates in unit-based educational programs.
   • Takes responsibility for own learning.
   • Demonstrates effective leadership skills.
   • Supports and collaborates in the Medical Center Performance Improvement plan through unit quality improvement/quality control activities.
   • Utilizes current research in area of clinical practice.
   • Complies with patient safety goals as set forth by the Medical Center.
   • Non-Essential Functions:
   • Participates in professional activities.
   • Performs other related duties as directed by Patient Care Director.
   3. Reporting Requirements:
      • Reports all changes in patient status to appropriate interdisciplinary team member either verbally or in writing.
      • Reports immediately to Patient Care Director and/or designee any deviation of normal operations.
      • Reports immediately to Patient Care Director and/or designee situations that require attention.
      • Reports all incidents and breaches in quality care to the Patient Care Director and/or designee.
   4. Accountability:
      • Shall be accountable for nursing care provided.
      • Shall be accountable for maintaining the confidentiality and security of all hospital-related, medical staff-related, and patient data and information.
      • Shall be accountable for abiding by all relevant hospital policies and procedures.
      • Shall be accountable for participating in unit-based quality improvement activities.
   5. Qualifications:
      • Minimum Education:
      • Associates Degree in Nursing required.
      • Minimum Experience:
      • Six months clinical experience required
      • Minimum skills/abilities:
      • Meets performance criteria of Staff Nurse.
      • Able to communicate verbally and in writing in the English language.
      • Able to complete mathematical computations required to administer medications and treatment protocols.
      • Able to lift, transfer and move patients.
      • Possess basic computer knowledge.
      • Certification/Licensure:
      • Current licensure in Massachusetts as a Registered Nurse.
      • BLS Required
      • Training:
      • None