RN | High Acuity Med/Surg | Full Time | Updated Rates!
Job Summary
The Respiratory Care Unit (5 North) is a 16-bed step-down unit providing care for patients with respiratory and complex medical needs. Nurses on this unit care for a diverse range of patients, including those with COPD, CHF, pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, and others. This fast-paced unit offers a patient-centered approach with a strong emphasis on interprofessional collaboration, involving nursing, respiratory therapy, the pulmonary care team, and hospitalists. Nurses on 5 North have the opportunity for personal and professional growth, with specialized training provided to care for this patient population. Our unit fosters teamwork, communication, and a supportive environment, making it an excellent setting for nurses at all stages of their careers.
Employee Benefits
Competitive and comprehensive employee benefits and growth opportunities await you when you join our team.
- Health insurance and dental benefit available to full-time (30+ hours) and part-time employees (20-29 hours)
- Wellness programs
- Life/LTD insurance
- 403B retirement savings account with employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement
- On-site childcare
- Complimentary on-site employee fitness center
- Paid time off
- Career development
- Employee Activities Committee
- Military Program (offering a supportive environment for those serving or who served in the armed services)
- Streamlined military leave process
- Enhanced military leave policy
- Organizational resources committed to employees and their families
- Education for employees and managers
- Recognition of service
Education
Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.
Certification, Registration & Licensure
Per the ASR Requirements, each staff member must possess a valid and current license according to the job profile attachments. The job profile attachment has specific education, certification and license requirements based on the unit and role.
- Registered Nurse - New Hampshire Board of Nursing
- Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
Experience
One year prior clinical nursing experience. Evidence of experience in working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multi-disciplinary team. Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.
Responsibilities
- Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
- Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
- Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
- Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
- Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
- Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care. Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
- Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
- Administers medications to patients.
- Provides direct patient care.
- Leads the health care team.
- Serves as a Resource Person for assigned shift.
- Serves as a preceptor for new employees.
- Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.
Physical and Work Requirements
The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak, and walk. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand. The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood borne pathogens, and bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.
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