JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION : Administers nursing care to designated patients under the direction / supervision of a Registered Nurse.
Performs a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties in accordance with the needs of the age population served, as defined in the department’s scope of service.
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
CRITERIA A : Everyday Excellence Values - Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS :
- Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
- Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
- Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
- Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
- Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
- Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers.
CRITERIA B : Corporate Compliance - Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
- Maintains accurate and reliable patient / organizational records.
- Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.
CRITERIA C : Personal Achievement - Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments.
- Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
- Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
- Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.
CRITERIA D : Performance Improvement - Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his / her job performance.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
- Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
- Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
- Willingly participates in organization and / or department quality initiatives.
CRITERIA E : Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Effectively manages time and resources
- Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization material, human, and financial.
- Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.
CRITERIA F : Patient & Employee Safety - Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
- Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
- Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
- Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.
JOB FUNCTIONS
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to :
1. Collects data essential to assessment and indicates deviations from normal to the physician.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS :
- Completes collection of assessment data.
- Assist with reassessing patient according to unit standards and / or hospital policy, as patient needs dictate and reports pertinent changes in patient status to the R.N. or Physician.
- Completes documentation 100% of the time.
2. Performs patient care according to standards of care and the needs of the patient.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS :
- Collects data from patient and family.
- Teaches family and patients.
- Completely and accurately documents medication administration, treatments, collected data, interventions, and unusual occurrences, as observed by chart review.
- Administers medications as ordered by physician.
- Performs treatments as prescribed by physician.
- Directs and assists ancillary nursing staff with assigned duties.
- Monitors IVs and blood for proper functioning and reports any untoward side effect to the R.N. or physician immediately.
- Starts IVs prn and as ordered by physician.
3. Performs all other duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
One-year experience preferred
SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Current Louisiana LPN licensure