Registered Nurse
Company: SEARHC
Location: Birmingham
Posted on: January 12, 2021
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Job Description:
Escape big-city stress and find tranquility in the beautiful
scenery of Southeast Alaska. SEARHC is the perfect place to advance
your nursing skills while providing the best care to your new
friends and neighbors. SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium
which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast
Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our
priority to further their development and our organization by
aiding in their professional advancement. Working at SEARHC is more
than a job, its a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits,
including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health,
dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term
disability, and more. Job Overview: Coordinates a variety of
nursing care procedures for patients of all ages which requires
professional knowledge and consideration of specific patient
conditions and treatment. Participates in patient and family
teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with
ancillary nursing and other members of the healthcare team to
maintain standards for professional nursing practice in the
clinical setting. Guidelines include physicians orders, standards
of care, nursing policies and procedures, manuals, and hospital
policies. Responsibilities: * Promotes the SEARHC Seven Standards
of Excellence; Implements safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for
patients with needs due to multisystem disease and/or complications
of treatment using appropriate infection control measures; sets
priorities for care of patients based on acuity and/or patients
preference; anticipates potential problems; adapts to change on the
area by setting priorities for emergencies, changes in patient
status and unusual occurrences; initiates, manages, and documents
the nursing procedures consistent with scientific principle and
departmental policy; demonstrates knowledge of equipment use;
accurately administers age-specific medications and therapeutics;
carries out the medical and nursing care plan and coordinates
patient care activities with physicians and other healthcare team
members; initiates action to reduce, correct, or prevent immediate,
ongoing, or potential risks to the patient; facilitates healing by
providing nursing care that is individualized, goal oriented, based
on scientific principles and the nursing process; seeks out
resources when beyond the scope of skill, knowledge or experience;
explains test, procedures, and disease process to
patient/significant others; follows through on nursing care plans
by teaching and demonstrating skills essential for understanding
and coping with illness and promoting optimal health; communicates
and interacts with patient/significant others in a positive and
supportive way; provides counseling using emotional, intellectual
and psychological supports and utilizes other healthcare
professionals in dealing with psychosocial problems if needed;
takes steps to decrease stress and/or increase effectiveness of
coping mechanisms of patient/significant others; evaluates patients
progress or lack of progress towards goals, directing new goal
setting and implementing revised patient care plans as directed by
reassessment; documents the patients response to care; closes out
patient care plan by discharge or has in place an after care plan
to meet the patients needs; Assures confidentiality of patient
information.* Accomplishes nursing assessment through interviewing,
observation and nursing process; obtains, interprets and applies
age-related (pediatric, adult, and geriatric) patient information
in terms of cognitive, physical, emotional and normal
growth/development needs of the patient; completes thorough Nursing
Admission Databases/initial patient assessment; documents
assessment findings that are consistent with other providers and
include review of body systems, laboratory results, diagnostic
findings, chart reviews, and interdisciplinary input; identifies
problems & nursing diagnosis by recognizing the impact of health
problems on patients and families; distinguishes between normal and
abnormal assessments in order to identify patient capabilities and
limitations including psychosocial risks; utilizes resources to
assess patients with conditions that are new, unfamiliar, or not
commonly seen. Shall perform duties as assigned and insure quality
patient care despite the situation encountered, be it routine or
emergent.* Imparts educational knowledge to develop skills to
enhance decision making and promote understanding by interacting
with patients, family, staff, and community; engages in ongoing
evaluation of the effectiveness of teaching in terms of patient
understanding and behavioral outcomes; organizes and participates
in patient care conferences as applicable; identifies staff,
patient, and family needs and develops a plan for education and/or
makes appropriate referrals; develops/implements educational
programs and learning aides in the department (ie. Inservices,
special projects, learning aides, patient care standards);
documents education accurately and completely; provides discharge
patient information; participate in in-services and educational
programs in the department, hospital and/or community as assigned;
ACLS trained within the first year of employment and biannually
thereafter; completes all mandatory training and competency checks;
utilizes opportunities for incidental teaching with staff members.*
Communicates with staff, patients, significant others and other
members of the healthcare team in a way that is supportive,
constructive, and positive; gives feedback to other staff and
healthcare team members in regard to behavior that does not support
achievement; assists in the orientation of new staff, travelers,
and students by sharing knowledge, experience and verbal
encouragement; guides others in choosing nursing intervention,
developing skills and applying knowledge; follows and directs
others to follow corporate, hospital, and departmental policies,
procedures and patient care standards; supports the area and
overall Nursing services mission by assigning staff to productive
tasks and floating to other units as needed; provides input
regarding the need for change in policies, procedures, and patient
care standards; able to perform as Contact RN leading assigned RNs,
LPNs, and CNAs and accomplishes all assigned patient care and area
support activities during the shift.* Attends and participates in
at least 50% of departmental staff meetings; applies information
presented in staff meetings; participates in unit goal setting;
complies with area and departmental scheduling guidelines;
initiates discussion with nurse manager regarding area or
department issues; completes annual competencies, evaluation
material, maintains certifications and licensure; complies with
dress code; refers un-resolved problems with
patients/visitors/co-workers to Nurse Manager or Administrative
Manager for resolution; addresses employee concerns consistent with
Human Resources Policy Qualifications: Education/Experience *
Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing (Bachelors degree in
nursing, Associate degree in nursing or Diploma in nursing)* Prior
experience is preferred License/Certification * A valid, current,
full and unrestricted RN license in the State of Alaska.* Must have
BLS until get ACLS. ACLS & PALS must be obtained within one year of
hire and biannually thereafter Knowledge, Skills &
Abilities:Knowledge * Knowledge of nursing care principles,
practices, diagnosis, and processes (including assessment,
planning, implementation, and evaluation) to provide professional
nursing care to patients.* Competency to recognize adverse signs
and symptoms and to act promptly in emergency situations.*
Knowledge of pharmaceuticals, their desired effects, side effects,
and complications in their use. Skills * Skills to apply scientific
principles in operating and monitoring of basic and specialized
medical equipment (ex: defibrillator, gastric and thoracic suction,
EKG machines, ect.).* Proficient in nursing procedures and basic
nursing care.* Oral and written communication skills, can enter and
retrieve patient data accurately, can verbally communicate findings
with healthcare team. Abilities * Ability to provide guidance,
leadership, and work cooperatively with others by establishing and
maintaining interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors,
and other healthcare team members.* Ability to implement
appropriate nursing therapeutic interventions based on the
knowledge of a wide variety of nursing diagnosis, medical and
psychosocial disorders, the normal course of disease and
anticipated complications. recblid
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