Outpatient Registered Nurse - Float

Missouri Delta Medical Center; Sikeston, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO seeks an Outpatient Registered Nurse - Float to provide patient-centered care across units. The role requires leadership, teamwork, and adherence to clinical standards.

The successful candidate will possess RN licensure in Missouri, BSN preferred, and BLS certification, with the ability to perform med administration and patient education. This full-time opportunity offers hospital-based growth.

Qualifications

• RN leadership and coordination abilities implied by nursing process and team supervision.
• Medication administration with knowledge of actions, side effects, and contraindications.
• Patient and family teaching and discharge planning.
• Ability to perform nursing rounds and coordinate with physicians.

Responsibilities

• Prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care using the nursing process.
• Provides leadership by working with ancillary departments and the care team.
• Participates in Quality Improvement.
• Participates in patient/family teaching and discharge planning.
• Directs, supervises and evaluates nursing care; leads unit decisions.
• Assists with diagnostic tests and rounds with physicians; supports safe med administration.

Education

BSN preferred

BLS training

Job description

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Outpatient Registered Nurse - Float

Full-Time Professional Hospital, Sikeston, MO, US

21 days ago Requisition ID: 1988

BASIC FUNCTIONS OF POSITION:

• Prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary departments and other patient care team members in maintaining Standards for Clinical Practice and Standards of Patient Care in the clinical setting.
• Participates in Quality Improvement.
• Participates in patient/family teaching and discharge planning.
• Directs, supervises and evaluates nursing care provided. Leads and facilitates decision making at the unit level.
• Assigns nursing care to team members in accordance with patient’s needs and nursing staff competencies and qualifications.
• Competently performs core and specific skills.
• Provides one unit based education to staff annually.
• Competently administers medications with knowledge of action, mode of administration, side effects, and contraindications.
• Implements, transcribes, and/or countersigns physician orders.
• Utilizes assessment skills to identify biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, selfcare, discharge planning, spiritual and educational needs of patient, family, and/or significant other.
• Communicates pertinent unit activities, work load fluctuations/staffing, and difficult situations.
• Makes patient rounds with physicians and assists with diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Identifies learning opportunities for self and others.
• Promotes good public relations for the nursing department/hospital.
• Competently assumes an active role in the safe, effective administration of oncology chemotherapy, understands mechanism of action, modes of administration, dosage calculation and contraindication.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Graduate from an approved school of nursing; BSN preferred. BLS training.

LICENSE: Possess current licensure by Missouri State Board of Nursing.

SPECIAL:

PATIENT CONTACT: Must have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

PHYSICAL: Must be able to lift approximately 50lbs.

STANDING: Majority of shift spent standing.

WALKING: Considerable amount of time spent walking.

LIFTING: Must use good body mechanics to independently lift or in certain situations, assist with lifting/transferring a patient.

VISUAL: Must have ability to read physician orders and observe patient care areas; utilize inspection skills during patient assessment.

HEARING: Must be able to receive/comprehend telephone calls; auscultate and percuss during physical assessment.

SPEAKING: Talking is essential in instructing and supervising nursing personnel, communicating physician orders and addressing patient/family needs and/or requests.