Date: Sep 30, 2024
Location: Indianapolis, IN, US, 46202
Organization: HHC
Sub-Division: Hospital
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Nights
Salary Range:
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Job Role Summary
The Staff Nurse I provides clinical care and uses coordination skills for every patient served. This includes understanding the expected patients served in the unit(s) nursing care is delivered using the Eskenazi Health Model of Care-Synergy, the ability to coordinate with the patient and family/loved ones and other healthcare disciplines to ensure care is appropriate to meet patient care needs.
Job Requirements
- Current Indiana license as a Registered Nurse
- RN degree from a nationally accredited college or university
- Current BLS certification; other certifications may be required in specific units to practice
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Leadership & Communication:
- Promotes a healthy work environment for all that provide care while encouraging collaboration for excellence in patient care outcomes.
- Effectively performs all nursing functions in an efficient manner in accordance with policies, procedures, the Indiana Nursing Practice Act, and the Eskenazi Health Model of Care-the Synergy Model demonstrating synergy characteristics.
- Utilizes and documents the nursing process through appropriate assessment, planning, implementation, & evaluation of patient care as evidenced by client/staff observation.
- Engages patient/significant other with appropriate health information in a timely manner & shares written informational material as evidenced by feedback & observation.
- Demonstrates ability to handle emergency situations in a prompt, calm & professional manner.
- Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs & seeking appropriate assistance or educational offerings.
- Demonstrates understanding, supports & participates in the role of shared governance at the unit & hospital-wide level.
Service:
- Demonstrates understanding of the customer service concept & skills & applies to professional practice.
- Provides personal & individualized patient care to provide comfort & well-being for the patient acknowledging physiological, psychological, spiritual, and cultural needs.
- Hourly Rounds consistently within the shift to all patients or areas covered to assess care and service.
- Provides timely feedback on any customer service issue to the right person/department.
- Demonstrates effective communication skills in working with staff, patients/families, physicians, other departments & external contacts.
Quality:
- Maintains safe patient care & advocates for patient safety.
- Participates in clinical or operational performance improvement using evidence-based practice.
Financial and Operational Management:
- Facilitates patient throughput throughout the shift.
- Collaborates with the nursing manager or shift coordinator regarding staffing.
People:
- Maintains a positive & calming working relationship with all, and demonstrates excellent customer service skills in all interactions.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrates the following skills and abilities:
- Operates specialized equipment.
- Competence/accountability in preparing and administering medications and treatments according to policy and procedures.
- Effective communication skills incorporating listening, effective interviewing techniques with patients and staff appropriate to age.
- Knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served.
- Knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
- Uses age-appropriate communication and cognitive skills.
- Fundamental nursing theories, current clinical concepts, diseases/symptoms, trauma, treatments/medications, triage, appropriate diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventions.
- Functions as a member of a health care team, delegates responsibilities/duties appropriately.
- Follows oral/written instructions, records/interprets information accurately.
- Competency in assessing, responding to patient status or needs, and interpreting results.
- Recognizes and reacts to changes in patient status, documents and reports changes.
- Performs CPR and other technical skills.
- Must be able to wash hands thoroughly and frequently.
- Must be able to help evacuate patients via stairwells.
- Critical thinking skills are essential.
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named one of the nation’s 150 best places to work by Becker’s Hospital Review for four consecutive years, Eskenazi Health’s programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community.
For more information, visit: Staff Nurse I Job Posting
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