RN BSN - Med/Surg

POSITION SUMMARY :

To be fully engaged in providing Quality / No Harm, Customer Service and Stewardship by demonstrating leadership through the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care according to the standards of professional nursing practice.

Nursing care is provided to the individual patient, based upon cultural, spiritual and age specific needs.

Primary Accountabilities :

Quality / No Harm :

• Demonstrates effective medication administration provided to patients as evidenced by Preceptor Observation Tool, Skills Fair Demonstration, and Clinical Practice.
• Demonstrates appropriate delegation and supervision of patient care activities within the healthcare setting.
• Demonstrates effective communication with other members of the healthcare team and promotes effective team functioning.
• Utilizes Health First computer systems with regards to order entry, order inquiry, and patient care documentation.
• Demonstrates effective and safe clinical practice as evidenced by Skills Fair demonstration, completion of yearly Competency Assessment, and Age Specific Checklist.
• Coordinates interdisciplinary plan of care based on current evidence based practice.
• Documents all nursing care, change in condition, response to therapy, treatments, procedures and referrals on patient record to meet standards.
• Demonstrates dependability, reliability and flexibility.

Stewardship :

Uses and cares for equipment and supplies economically.

Customer Experience :

• Provides patient, family, and / or caregiver education as directed by the plan of care.
• Provides service to patients and families with sensitivity and respect for their needs, expectations, age, cultural, and individual differences.
• Contributes to the patient experience as evidenced by positive patient satisfaction scores and HCAHPs scores for department / medical center and / or written compliments by patients / others as well as consistent performance of purposeful hourly rounding and bedside shift report.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Education :

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing
• BSN preferred.

Licensure : Current Florida RN licensure or endorsement.

Certification :

• Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.
• Certification(s) as required by specific unit.

Experience : Acute care orthopedic experience preferred.

Language : Must be able to speak / understand written and verbal instructions in the English language.

Job : Medical / Surgical

Medical / Surgical

Organization : Palm Bay Hospital

Palm Bay Hospital

Primary Location :

United States- Florida - Brevard County- Palm Bay

Schedule : Full-time

Full-time

Shift Times : Variable

Variable

Job Level : Associate

Associate