Job Description

Job Title: Healthcare Professional

The competent nurse practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to plan for long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing.

Responsibilities:

• Meet expectations of applicable competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Provide nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Address increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
• Administer medications and treatments; monitor for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Document patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
• Assess learning needs and provide education to patients, family members and/or caregivers; identify issues and resources.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Standard I: Utilize the Nursing Process

• Use critical thinking skills to assess basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of patients and families.
• Communicate findings to appropriate healthcare team members.
• Develop and use a specific plan of care and modify it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice.
• Implement patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitor and document progression of treatment and teaching goals.
• Evaluate the care and treatment provided to the patient and the patient response to the care and treatment.
• Perform timely reassessment and documentation.
• Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for the designated unit's patient population.

Standard II: Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process

• Utilize appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process.
• Coach on tools and techniques for checking, cross-checking, and validating orders to ensure accuracy.

Standard III: Unit Operations

• Plan, direct, and evaluate the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift.
• Demonstrate good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Assess departmental staffing needs; actively participate in resourcing efforts.
• Educate and train others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.

Standard IV: Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations

• Incorporate patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes.
• Demonstrate accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities.
• Provide evidence-based nursing care.
• Communicate patient information effectively across the continuum of care.
• Educate and train others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.

Technical Competencies:

Clinical Policies and Standards

• Follow specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures.
• Analyze policy and standards documentation and ensure organizational compliance.
• Provide feedback for improvement of procedures.
• Assist in the development and implementation of specific procedures.
• Work with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools, and techniques.

Health Information Documentation

• Share experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient documentation.

Medical Equipment

• Describe experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility.
• Use standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolve common equipment problems.
• Educate patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment.
• Ensure that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety.

Medical Order Processing

• Share experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions.

Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation

• Describe experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care.

Patient Safety

• Share experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or settings.

Requirements:

Education/Skills

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.

Experience

• 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty, preferred.

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• BLS required.
• RN License in state of employment or compact.

Work Type:

Full Time

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