Job Description

Job Description

Certification Details

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• ACLS
• NRP
• Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina

Job Details

• Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.
• Responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.
• Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self and attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
• Uses patient education materials relevant to patient population with assistance.
• Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers and developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Identifies expected patient outcomes and participates in evaluation of patient care with interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems including physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care.
• Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
• Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.
• Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.
• Consults with appropriate resources regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
• Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations with assistance.
• Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
• Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care including physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.
• Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
• Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
• Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice and brings ideas and questions to staff for assessment.

Job Requirements

• One (1) year of nursing experience.
• Able to circulate for C-sections.
• Able to triage for OB.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.

Schedule Information

• Contract length is 13 weeks.

Unit Specific Information

• Labor Delivery Recovery Postpartum unit

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