Company :
Allegheny Health Network
Job Description :
At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN is committed to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.
Forbes Hospital is a 315 bed, Level II trauma hospital located in the community of Monroeville. Our hospital offers the service lines of a city hospital, inclusive of trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology, obstetrics and psychiatry, while also building relationships across the organization in a community setting.
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The Registered Nurse is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The registered nurse provides transformational leadership in a professional practice setting by striving to create and participate in the future of healthcare.
- Team player who contributes to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
- Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs of the patient and skill level of the RN, LPN or support staff.
- Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of the intervention and predictability of the outcome.
- Provides peers with both verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
- Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues and cultivates a work environment that promotes positive employee attitudes, effective communications, trust, and collaboration.
- Willingly accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture in which risk taking is not only safe but expected.
- Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
- Promotes patient safety initiatives (ex: National Patient Safety Goals).
- Participates in department specific quality initiatives (ex: EBP population specific). Assures appropriate order sets are used.
- Supervises, delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
- Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate and implement a patient plan of care according to the individual needs of the patient.
- Derives culturally and age appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family and other health care providers.
- Analyzes the health status of the individuals and families comparing the data with the norm, when possible, to determine patient care needs.
- Assesses patient reports/records change of condition and notifies physician and/or supervisor and intervenes appropriately and documents accordingly.
- Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit, and performs duties within individualized competency.
- Demonstrates a commitment to continuous lifelong learning and professional development for self and others.
- Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
- Seeks both formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
- Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues and others.
- Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
- Places the patient at the center of everything they do by continuously evaluating and assessing patient and family satisfaction and performing as an advocate for patients and customers.
- Participates in department specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
- Promotes compassionate communication that is patient and family centered.
- Assesses for and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
- Utilizes effective time management skills to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within established work shift.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum:
- Completed RN training program and have PA RN licensure or have applied for practice permit.
- CPR Certification.
Preferred:
- Certification in area of specialty.
Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.
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