Clinical Nurse: Expert Patient Care & Collaboration

Med Center Health; Franklin (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Med Center Health seeks a registered nurse to provide professional nursing care, including assessment, implementation and coordination, with teaching and evaluation of patient care on assigned shifts.

The RN will coordinate work for LPNs, nursing assistants and unit clerks, ensuring safe, high-quality, individualized care and participation in shared decision making. A Kentucky RN license is required; a BSN is preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a school of nursing required.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field preferred.
• Kentucky RN license (OR) RN license in a State recognized by the Kentucky Nurse Licensure Compact Act required effective June 1, 2007.
• Previous RN experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes a combination of knowledge, experience and situational awareness to provide safe, high quality, individualized care to patients.
• Applies critical thinking skills to the assessment, interpretation, and analysis of each patient’s information to design a complete, holistic plan of care in collaboration with peers and providers.
• Delegates in accordance with applicable legal and policy parameters. Recognizes when there is a need for further intervention and escalates appropriately.
• Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning for continued professional growth and education that reflects competence, knowledge and understanding of current nursing practice.
• Establishes a caregiver-patient relationship that is built on mutual trust, respect, compassion and communication to meet the unique needs of each patient and family.

Skills

Nursing care

Critical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Graduate of a school of nursing

Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field

Job description

Med Center Health seeks a registered nurse to provide professional nursing care, including assessment, implementation and coordination, with teaching and evaluation of patient care on assigned shifts.

The RN will coordinate work for LPNs, nursing assistants and unit clerks, ensuring safe, high-quality, individualized care and participation in shared decision making. A Kentucky RN license is required; a BSN is preferred.