RN - IMCU Stepdown Nights
Dover, New Hampshire
Employer: Wentworth-Douglass Hospital(WDH)
Industry: Registered Nurse
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Looking for a safe supportive enviornment to care for patients and build your career? Here is your opportunity to expand your nursing experience, preparing you for a higher acuity unit in a Magnet recognized hospital with the lowest RN to patient ratios in the greater seacoast area!
Benefits of working on this 21 bed unit include:
Granted the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence (trademark); 2019 by Healthgrades, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is renowned as one of the largest acute care hospitals in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. At Wentworth-Douglass, we value people who contribute to patient-centered care that enhances community health; we recognize and reward those who share our values and transform our patients' lives. We invite you to explore opportunities, cultivate community wellness and professional growth.
1. CLINICAL JUDGMENT
o Appropriately assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patient care, specific to population served
o Follows policies/procedures, clinical practice standards pertinent to care, including emergency situation
o Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make decision
o Demonstrates the ability to provide competent, effective care
o Seeks validation for clinical decisions, integrates input from other clinicians for decision making
o Prioritizes and organizes work appropriately to effectively meet patient need
o Appropriately delegates to and supervises team members based on assessment of competencies, within scope of practice to ensure appropriate implementation of care
o Collaborates & communicates relevant patient data to appropriate persons clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing (e.g. handoffs)
o Effectively develops teaching plan and regularly integrates teaching into patient care
2. SYSTEMS THINKING
o Recognizes available resources/tools for meeting patient/family need
o Completes assignments in an efficient and timely manner, requesting and utilizing resources appropriately
o Documents patient assessment, plan, interventions and response in accordance with applicable policies and procedure
o Communicates with Nurse Manager/ or designee about availability and management of supplies, system equipment and personnel resources at unit/department level
o Demonstrates contribution to unit-based programs and strategies to monitor and continuously improve the quality of patient care
o Optimizes use of staff (overtime, agency, skill mix, etc.) based on unit census and patient acuity
3. CLINICAL INQUIRY
o Shows commitment to learning new knowledge and skills to enhance service to patients/ families and achieve organizational goal
o Implements and validates practices based upon current nursing evidence
o Advances the profession by assisting in clinical education and orientation of other staff and students; may function as preceptor for new staff
o Uses available resources to answer questions in regards to best practices, reflects upon practices on an ongoing basi
o Identifies opportunities for improvement in processes of care and other improvements at a unit level
o Actively participates in the collection and use of data and/or evaluation relative to unit-based performance improvement
4. UNIT SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
o Participates in selection of and completes all unit-specific competencie
o Articulates Nursing Sensitive Indicators and quality goals for unit and describes role in accomplishing expectations; describes role and participates in quality improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
Experience Minimum Required
Graduate of accredited nursing program with RN licensure.
Education Minimum Required
AS, RN program completion
Education Preferred/Desired
BSN or enrollment in BSN program
Licensure and/or Certifications Require
Registered Nursing License
AHA or ARC BLS
Licensure and/or Certifications Preferred/Desired
CCRN, PCCN
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
• Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.
• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Benefits of working on this 21 bed unit include:
- 3:1 RN ratio for IMCU patients
- 4:1 RN ratio for med/surg tele patients
- Pharmacist on the unit
- Designated clinical educator and a house wide night shift clinical educator
- Inpatient clinical coach
- Day/Night Clinical practice leader
- Resource RN with minimal patient assignment
- Designated LNA's per shift
- Leadership support
- Opportunity for $8/hr. weekend differential with every other weekend a month commitment!
Granted the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence (trademark); 2019 by Healthgrades, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is renowned as one of the largest acute care hospitals in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. At Wentworth-Douglass, we value people who contribute to patient-centered care that enhances community health; we recognize and reward those who share our values and transform our patients' lives. We invite you to explore opportunities, cultivate community wellness and professional growth.
1. CLINICAL JUDGMENT
o Appropriately assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patient care, specific to population served
o Follows policies/procedures, clinical practice standards pertinent to care, including emergency situation
o Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make decision
o Demonstrates the ability to provide competent, effective care
o Seeks validation for clinical decisions, integrates input from other clinicians for decision making
o Prioritizes and organizes work appropriately to effectively meet patient need
o Appropriately delegates to and supervises team members based on assessment of competencies, within scope of practice to ensure appropriate implementation of care
o Collaborates & communicates relevant patient data to appropriate persons clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing (e.g. handoffs)
o Effectively develops teaching plan and regularly integrates teaching into patient care
2. SYSTEMS THINKING
o Recognizes available resources/tools for meeting patient/family need
o Completes assignments in an efficient and timely manner, requesting and utilizing resources appropriately
o Documents patient assessment, plan, interventions and response in accordance with applicable policies and procedure
o Communicates with Nurse Manager/ or designee about availability and management of supplies, system equipment and personnel resources at unit/department level
o Demonstrates contribution to unit-based programs and strategies to monitor and continuously improve the quality of patient care
o Optimizes use of staff (overtime, agency, skill mix, etc.) based on unit census and patient acuity
3. CLINICAL INQUIRY
o Shows commitment to learning new knowledge and skills to enhance service to patients/ families and achieve organizational goal
o Implements and validates practices based upon current nursing evidence
o Advances the profession by assisting in clinical education and orientation of other staff and students; may function as preceptor for new staff
o Uses available resources to answer questions in regards to best practices, reflects upon practices on an ongoing basi
o Identifies opportunities for improvement in processes of care and other improvements at a unit level
o Actively participates in the collection and use of data and/or evaluation relative to unit-based performance improvement
4. UNIT SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
o Participates in selection of and completes all unit-specific competencie
o Articulates Nursing Sensitive Indicators and quality goals for unit and describes role in accomplishing expectations; describes role and participates in quality improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
Experience Minimum Required
Graduate of accredited nursing program with RN licensure.
Education Minimum Required
AS, RN program completion
Education Preferred/Desired
BSN or enrollment in BSN program
Licensure and/or Certifications Require
Registered Nursing License
AHA or ARC BLS
Licensure and/or Certifications Preferred/Desired
CCRN, PCCN
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
• Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.
• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Created: 2024-06-25
Reference: 3280432
Country: United States
State: New Hampshire
City: Dover
ZIP: 03820
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