LPN or RN - Med Surg - Nights
Apply locations Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC)
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Job requisition id: JR24-47487
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
- Current unencumbered licensure with the WV Board of Practical Nursing, or appropriate state board where services will be provided, as a practical nurse OR current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
- Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.
- West Virginia state criminal background check, and federal, if applicable, required for DHHR regulated area.
CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides direct patient care, as outlined in the patient’s plan of care and/or as directed by the overseeing role, to promote comfort and/or return to functional health for the patient.
- Consults with the Registered Nurse or Respiratory Therapist to seek guidance in delivery of nursing care, as necessary.
- Performs designated therapeutic procedures to assigned patients as needed.
- Accurately observes, records and reports to the overseeing role, all patient concerns, symptoms, reactions and progress in a timely manner.
- Assists physicians and the overseeing role with examinations and procedures, as assigned.
- Contributes to the nursing assessment by collecting, reporting and recording objective and subjective data.
- Observes the condition or change in condition of the patient, records signs and symptoms of deviation from normal health status and reports findings to the overseeing role.
- Participates in the development of the patient’s plan of care by providing data, contributing to the identification of priorities and assisting in the identification of measures to maintain comfort and support human functions and responses.
- Assists in assigned patient and family education and rehabilitation by reviewing patient needs with the overseeing role and following the teaching plan.
- Documents nursing interventions and responses to care, communicating to appropriate members of the health care team.
- Accurately and safely administers intramuscular, subcutaneous, IV, oral, nebulization and/or MDI delivered medications as assigned.
- Obtains instruction and supervision as necessary from the overseeing role when implementing nursing technique or practices.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Heavy/Hard work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning of patients, standing, walking; carrying of patients, materials and equipment weighing 40+ lbs. This is performed on a daily basis.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
- Protracted or irregular hours.
- Exposure to biohazards, communicable diseases, and possible toxins, such as radiological and chemical.
- Working with or near the deceased.
- Working with hands in waters.
- Electrical hazards associated with patient care equipment.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Must have the ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions, and must be capable of adapting to varying workloads and work assignments on a constant basis.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Must be skilled with computer systems used by both physician offices and hospitals to capture data accurately and consistently.
- Ability to function as a team member in respect to organization, communication, and task prioritization. Must also be able to work weekends, holidays and all shifts.
Additional Job Description:
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36
Shift: Night (United States of America)
Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Non-Exempt)
Company: GRMC Garrett Regional Medical Center
Cost Center: 13 GRMC Nursing Medical Surgical 1
Address: 251 N 4th Street, Oakland, Maryland
WVU Medicine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity among our workforce and invite applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, language, national origin, religious affiliation, spiritual practice, age, mental and physical ability/disability or Veteran status.
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