Registered Nurse - Surgery - Full-Time Weekends & 1 Week Day at Beacon Health System – South Bend , Indiana

Provides professional nursing services by:

• Performing the priority (high risk, high frequency) technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.
• Establishing and/or revising priorities for job/patient care activities based on the acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request, consideration for other department or staff priorities, timelines and plans.
• Responding to data indicating potential or actual risk to an individuals physical or emotional health by initiating action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk.
• Advocating for the patient or family when necessary to achieve appropriate outcomes.
• Maintaining accountability for own and delegated actions and decisions. Bases actions and decisions on scientific principles/logic, successful experiences, intuition, standards of practice/protocols, and organizational values.
• Seeking supervision, consultation, or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.
• Using internal and/or external resources to resolve and/or prevent problems that cannot be managed independently.

Provides information to and directs others to provide quality patient care by:

• Developing or revising a plan of care for assigned patients based on initial and ongoing data. Includes measurable goals/outcomes; reflects values, preferences and limitations of patient and/or family; identifies interventions to achieve outcomes/goals; addresses pertinent physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and learning problems/needs.
• Initiating or maintaining interventions to assure continuity of safe-effective care for patients across the entire continuum of care.
• Modifying, continuing or discontinuing interventions, goals, or time frames, according to evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency and/or patient satisfaction.
• Documenting, consistently and within established guidelines, assessments, interventions, actions, data collection results and outcomes of interventions.
• Using interpersonal communication strategies with all members of the team in order to achieve desirable and acceptable outcomes or responses and perception of satisfaction by those involved.
• Delegating to other staff members based upon acuity/complexity of need, role definition and ability to perform, collective needs of patients, families and unit. Maintains accountability for achieving appropriate outcomes/goals associated with delegated acts.

Performs other functions to maintain personal competence and contribute to the overall effectiveness of the department by:

• Maintaining awareness of advances in clinical specialty.
• Contributing to the departments ability to achieve and maintain clinical excellence, customer focused-service excellence, fiscal responsibility, innovative and talented people, and the best place to work.
• Following through and completing other job-related assignments or requests for assistance.
• Contributing to the development of co-workers through positive role modeling, resource assistance and direct feedback.

ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Associate complies with the following organizational requirements:

• Attends and participates in department meetings and is accountable for all information shared.
• Completes mandatory education, annual competencies and department specific education within established timeframes.
• Completes annual employee health requirements within established timeframes.
• Maintains license/certification, registration in good standing throughout fiscal year.
• Direct patient care providers are required to maintain current BCLS (CPR) and other certifications as required by position/department.
• Consistently utilizes appropriate universal precautions, protective equipment, and ergonomic techniques to protect patient and self.
• Adheres to regulatory agency requirements, survey process and compliance.
• Complies with established organization and department policies.
• Available to work overtime in addition to working additional or other shifts and schedules when required.

Commitment to Beacon's six-point Operating System, referred to as The Beacon Way:

• Leverage innovation everywhere.
• Cultivate human talent.
• Embrace performance improvement.
• Build greatness through accountability.
• Use information to improve and advance.
• Communicate clearly and continuously.

Education and Experience:

The knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated below are normally acquired through the successful completion of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree and a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana. Candidates hired after January 1, 2014 must have or obtain a BSN within five (5) years of employment as a Registered Nurse or will have the option to become certified in their area of specialty. The certification must be maintained based off of accrediting body standards.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Demonstrates a high level of knowledge and competency in performing nursing care procedures, assessments, treatment and techniques.
• Demonstrates advanced analytical skills necessary to solve complex problems and make decisions related to patient care.
• Demonstrates the interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, patients, visitors, physicians and others.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner.
• Requires an understanding of the need to be responsive and reasonably adaptable for scheduling purposes, when necessary, due to extenuating circumstances in support of co-workers and department functions.
• Requires the ability to work independently, take initiative and be self-motivated.

Working Conditions:

• Works in a patient care environment requiring physical exertion, frequent changes in job demands, and certain undesirable patient care activities.
• May be exposed to bio-hazards.
• Must commit to a weekend alternative schedule.

Physical Demands:

• Requires the physical ability and stamina (i.e. to walk/stand for prolonged periods of time, push carts/wheelchairs up to 50 pounds, to position/lift patients at a maximum of 35 pounds unassisted, over 35 pounds requires assistance, provide CPR, etc.) to perform the essential functions of the position.