Registered Nurse - Graduate Nurse - Center Valley in Center Valley, Pennsylvania at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network

JOB SUMMARY

• Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and intermultidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. The graduate nurse who holds a TPP must practice under the supervision of an experienced, Pennsylvania registered nurse who is physically present in the unit or area where the graduate nurse is practicing.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• IDENTIFIES PATIENT CARE REQUIREMENTS

  • By establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.

  • Uses the nursing process as a framework to deliver care by establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the patient including a teaching plan, within 24 hours of admission

    • establishing or contributing to prioritization of goals appropriate to the patient’s age and ability to learn

    • estimated length of stay, medical diagnoses and discharge plan

    • identifying nursing care needs, writing nursing interventions and identifying educational objectives appropriate to care standards

    • by reassessing and documenting the effectiveness of nursing actions and the patients progress toward goals as the patient’s condition changes

    • by communicating the plan and patient progress to the interdisciplinary team.

• ESTABLISHES A COMPASSIONATE ENVIRONMENT

  • By providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

• PROMOTES PATIENT'S INDEPENDENCE

  • By establishing patient care goals

    • educating patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills

    • answering questions by applying rehabilitation principles to patients served

    • by demonstrating competence in providing age specific care to pediatric patients, adult patients and geriatric patients.

• ASSURES QUALITY OF CARE

  • By adhering to therapeutic standards

    • measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards

    • making or recommending necessary adjustments

    • following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, and other governing agency regulations

    • by participating in performance improvement activities

    • by assessing care provided to assigned patients by LPNs, Nursing Assistants, agency personnel, and other associates.

• RESOLVES PATIENT PROBLEMS AND NEEDS

  • By utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies

    • by utilizing established communication methods to ensure resolution of patient problems and needs

    • by communicating patient status to the interdisciplinary team.

• DOCUMENTS PATIENT CARE SERVICES

  • By documenting delivery of services, changes in the patient’s condition and the patient’s response to nursing interventions in the medical record according to policies and procedures.

• MAINTAINS PATIENT CONFIDENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONFIDENTIALITY

  • By keeping information confidential.

• MAINTAINS SAFE AND CLEAN WORKING ENVIRONMENT

  • By complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

    • calling for assistance from health care support personnel

    • by maintaining a clean and safe unit environment

    • keeping patient rooms, supply rooms and hallways free from clutter

    • by complying with procedures, rules and regulations

    • by adhering to infection control policies and procedures, medication administration and storage procedures and controlled substance regulations.

  • By maintaining compliance with professional, regulatory and governmental standards of care.

  • By demonstrating knowledge of responsibilities in an emergency situation (i.e., code blue, Dr. Wintergreen, etc.).

• ENSURES OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT

  • By following manufacturer's instructions

    • troubleshooting malfunctions

    • entering work orders for equipment repairs

    • evaluating new equipment and techniques.

• DEMONSTRATES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

  • By checking stock to determine inventory level

    • anticipating needed supplies

    • using equipment/supplies as needed to accomplish job results

    • By minimizing overtime by work prioritization and delegation

    • recognizes and complies with RN’s role in reimbursement for patient care services.

  • By identifying and providing input to Nurse Managers on work methods that reduce the cost and/or time required to deliver patient care.

  • By maintaining awareness of unit budget.

• MAINTAINS PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

  • By identifying personal educational needs and opportunities

    • attending educational workshops

    • completing mandatory educational requirements

    • reviewing professional publications

    • establishing personal networks

    • participating in professional organizations

    • sharing new knowledge with teams

    • attending unit meetings

    • reading unit memos

    • participating in committees, projects and PI activities.

  • By maintaining responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing education programs.

• MAINTAINS A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP AMONG HEALTH CARE TEAMS

  • By communicating information

    • responding to requests

    • building rapport

    • participating in team problem-solving methods

    • by communicating patient care or team issues to the nurse manager or supervisor

    • holding each team member accountable for patient and team outcomes

    • participate in team meetings

    • offering suggestions for improvement to the program director

    • utilizing the chain of command to present issues or concerns

    • demonstrate positive conflict resolution skills with all associates

    • treat all associates with dignity and respect.

• CONTRIBUTES TO organizational TEAM EFFORT

  • By arriving on duty as scheduled, maintaining attendance, punching in and out as per Good Shepherd policy and maintaining etime sheet.

  • By demonstrating flexibility in response to change by offering to assist team members with patient care needs and unit activities that arise throughout the shift

    • participating in orienting new employees

    • meeting dress code requirements.

  • By attending meetings as requested by organizational leaders

    • by positively representing the profession and organization at work and away from work

    • promoting and participating in organizational goals.

  • By mentoring channels of communication among nursing shifts, disciplines, departments, and external customers.

  • By utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies, to assure resolution of patient problems and needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  

  • Education

    • Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing required; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred

    • The graduate nurse must register and complete the state board examination within 90 days from start date

  • Work Experience

    • New graduate program

    • Previous health care experience preferred

  • Licenses / Certifications

    • Current PA temporary practice permit required

    • Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required