Experienced RN – Med-Surg/Telemetry with Precepting

University of Maryland Medical System Corporation; Glen Burnie (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Maryland Medical System Corporation seeks an experienced registered nurse to provide and coordinate care in a medical-surgical/stepdown setting. You will work as a fully integrated team member, applying evidence-based practice and collaborating with physicians, therapists and other professionals to ensure safe, patient-centered care.

Licensure in Maryland and active BLS certification are required, with 3+ years of nursing experience.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing, is required.
• More than 3 years nursing experience. Solid knowledge and clinical skills, especially Medical Surgical, and Stepdown (PCU, M/S, Telemetry).
• Current AHA BLS certification required.
• Must meet all unit specific certification requirements: (PALS, ACLS, NRP)

Responsibilities

• Clinical Practice: Competency in care of unit specific patient population; independently practices with solid knowledge and clinical skills; engaged in advancing own practice.
• Clinical Practice: Serves as a clinical resource for others.
• Clinical Practice: Applies and integrates evidence into practice
• Clinical Practice: Functions effectively in roles specific to unit, such as arrest team for ICU, triage for ED, etc.
• Clinical Practice: Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care; independently advocating for patient/family needs
• Clinical Practice: Models practice consistent with unit operations to ensure safe, timely effective, efficient, equitable, patient centered care.
• Professional Development: Engaged in advancing own practice.
• Professional Development: Responsible for maintaining competencies required for that patient care setting; focus on advancing own professional development.
• Professional Development: Attends unit based staff development independently.
• Professional Development: Demonstrates the ability to serve as a trained preceptor and coach's new nurse and students.
• Professional Development: Contributes to developing/evaluating unit based orientation and other education activities.
• Professional Development: Contributes to nursing support personnel skills and development.
• Professional Development: Completes CE's on an annual basis based on facility minimum requirements.
• Service/Quality: Understands and contributes to unit-based outcomes associated with National Hospital Quality Measures (NDNQI), Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators, and Facility Annual Operational Plan.
• Service/Quality: Contributes to and endorses some or all elements of research/EBP/QI.
• Service/Quality: Provides high quality, safe, patient centered care with focus on exceeding service expectations.
• Service/Quality: Accountable for compliance with regulatory requirements and holds others accountable; participates in tracer activities when requested.
• Patient Safety: Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety.
• Patient Safety: Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
• Patient Safety: Implements policies, procedures, and guidelines consistently in the performance of assigned duties.
• Patient Safety: Develops effective working relationships and maintains good communication with other team members.
• Patient Safety: Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.
• Patient Safety: Participates in hospital, departmental and/or unit patient safety initiatives.
• Operations: Demonstrates the ability to function in the charge nurse role.
• Operations: Participates in teambuilding efforts on their unit.
• Operations: Contributes to briefings/staff meetings regularly.
• Operations: Contributes and participates in unit, Nursing Division, and organizational governance structure.
• Operations: Participates in recruitment and retention activities at the unit level.
• Operations: Provides feedback in peer review as requested. Provides direct performance feedback at the direction of the nurse manager.

Job description

The University of Maryland Medical System Corporation seeks an experienced registered nurse to provide and coordinate care in a medical-surgical/stepdown setting. You will work as a fully integrated team member, applying evidence-based practice and collaborating with physicians, therapists and other professionals to ensure safe, patient-centered care.

Licensure in Maryland and active BLS certification are required, with 3+ years of nursing experience.