RN - Registered Nurse

Description

SUMMARY: 

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

A. Assist with Safety Assurance for Residents and Staff Members

B. Know and Enforce Federal and State Regulations

C. Promote Constructive Working Relationships Between Health Care Disciplines

D. Promote Favorable Public Relations

E. Exhibit Professional Nursing and Leadership

F. Perform Related Tasks as Required

INTERPRETATION OF RESPONSIBILITY

1. Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
2. Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, employees, friends, and families.
3. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
4. Delivers excellent customer service at all times. 
5. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
6. Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
7. Demonstrates self-respect, respect for others, and acts with integrity.
8. Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
9. Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
10. Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
11. Reports to work on time when scheduled.
12. Addresses situations in a professional timely manner, ensuring tasks are completed thoroughly to the standards set by the community. 
13. Report all grievances and complaints appropriately. 
14. Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
15. Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.

Requirements

EDUCATION

1. Licensed Registered Nurse graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a current license to practice in the State of Indiana in good standing.  
2. Two years of experience in geriatric or long term care nursing preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1. Physical
2. Will need to be able to stand and sit for extended periods of time, bend, twist and reach to the floor.  
3. Must have eye/hand coordination sufficient to set up and administer injections, prepare/administer medications and treatments and adjusting flow rates and use medical equipment.  
4. Pushes/pulls medication/treatment carts weighing 100 pounds a distance of 600 feet.  
5. Must be able to clearly speak at a volume adaptable to the hearing impaired.  
6. Lifts and carries equipment weighing 25 pounds.