MH Staff RN I

Rhode Island Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 51,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health is seeking an experienced RN to coordinate comprehensive nursing care across patient populations at Morton Hospital in Taunton, MA. The role emphasizes patient and family teaching, leadership, and collaboration with the care team.

Qualifications include BSN preferred, MA RN license, and BLS/ACLS certification. Epic experience is preferred. Night shifts and a 36-hour weekly schedule are established, with opportunities for professional growth and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of RN experience.
• Epic experience preferred.
• Active development of skills through in-services and formal education.
• Participation in staff meetings and mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Document initial and ongoing patient assessment per MHMC policy.
• Develop and modify care plans including discharge planning.
• Provide age-appropriate care (infant to geriatric).
• Initiate and coordinate patient teaching.
• Coordinate care using an interdisciplinary approach.
• Delegate responsibilities according to caregiver skills.
• Evaluate patient responses to interventions per policy.
• Supervise other patient caregivers and model professional behavior.
• Exercise independent judgment in emergencies and routine situations.
• Administer medications and perform treatments using aseptic technique per policy.

Skills

RN experience

Epic experience

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

BSN preferred

RN license (MA)

BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Job description

SUMMARY: Coordinates total nursing care for patients participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Documents initial and ongoing patient assessment in a complete, concise, and timely manner according to policy and procedure of MHMC.
• Develops and modifies and effective, comprehensive, and individualized plan of care including discharge planning for assigned patients, utilizing standards of care developed by MHMC.
• Applies knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served, i.e.: infant pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
• Initiates and coordinates patient teaching according to identified needs.
• Integrates, delegates, and coordinates patient care using interdisciplinary approach.
• Delegates responsibilities for care, when applicable, and makes assignments according to skills of caregiver.
• Evaluates patient responses to interventions according to established policy and procedure of MHMC.
• Demonstrates an ability to plan and supervise other patient caregivers in providing patient care on unit while functioning as a professional role model.
• Demonstrates the ability to exercise independent judgment in times of need and emergency situations and evaluates the results of actions taken.
• Administers medication and perform treatments, utilizing principles of aseptic technique to assigned patient according to the established policy and procedure of MHMC.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of one year of RN experience.
• Epic experience preferred.
• Is responsible for ongoing development of his/her work skills through the use of available resources (i.e.: in services, formal educational programs, other work groups and on-the-job training).
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and in services and/or reviews documentation as required.
• Assists in the orientation of others and actively participates in mentoring.
• Performs analytical and decision-making functions with minimal supervision.
• Recognizes and seeks assistance/consultation when appropriate.
• Demonstrates an understanding of relative Hospital and all-departmental policies and procedures including safety issues.
• Possesses awareness of programs/services provided by Hospital and where they are located.

EDUCATION:

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing, BSN preferred.
• MA RN License
• BLS and/or ACLS Certification

Additional certification required where applicable:

• ICU, FLOAT, S1 and M2-ACLS
• Emergency Department-PALS and ACLS
• PACU-ACLS, PALS
• Interventional-PALS and ACLS

$36.87-$73.13

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location: Morton Hospital - 88 Washington Street Taunton, Massachusetts 02780

Work Type: 36hr 7p-730a EOW / EOH

Work Shift: Night

Driving Required: No

Union: Massachusetts Nurses Association