Overview
Are you looking for a nursing opportunity where you can use and develop your critical thinking skills while caring for interesting and complex surgical patients?
Then welcome to our unit!
We are a 3-bed Adult Progressive Care Unit attached to a 32 bed medical surgical unit.
Full or part time schedules are available depending on candidate preference.
4C Inpatient Surgery is a collaborative unit that cares for complex surgical patients, including those undergoing thoracic, vascular, kidney transplant, and general surgery procedures. Our nurse-to-patient ratios are very attractive, and Licensed Nursing Assistants are also part of our collaborative team.
As a member of the 4C team, you will assess, plan, organize, provide, and evaluate nursing care utilizing the nursing process. You will make nursing judgments and decisions and will be responsible for nursing care and documentation. We use a shared (team/self) scheduling model to coordinate schedules which include 12-hour shifts.
If you enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-focused environment, please consider joining our team.
Responsibilities
- Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement, and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
- Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
- Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent, and assist patients and families in expressing self-determination.
- Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
- Engages in the governance of practice.
- Leader/Decision Maker.
- Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
- Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
- Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to other members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
- Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
- Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
- Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
- Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
- Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse, and other members of the healthcare team.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
Qualifications
- Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) with 1 year of experience.
- Associate Degree (ADN) prepared nurses with 2 years’ experience.
Required Licensure/Certifications
- Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire and as applicable, higher level per unit certification requirements as stated on the grid attached to the AHA and Life Support Policy.
- ACLS Certificate required upon hire in Endoscopy, Tele-ICU, Day Surgery Center at CGP (Manchester), Life Safety, and Cardiology-Echocardiography.
Area of Interest: Nursing;
FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.90 – 36 hrs/per week;
Shift: Rotating;
Job ID: 25927;
Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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