Registered Nurse

NPT Newport Hospital; Newport (RI); On-site; USD 102,295,000 - 204,590,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health is seeking a skilled registered nurse at Newport Hospital to advocate for patients and apply the nursing process across lifespan care. You will work under Nurse Manager supervision, ensuring quality, safety, and compassionate care within Rhode Island regulations.

The role emphasizes collaboration with the health team, adherence to hospital policies, and ongoing professional development through required training, risk management, and patient-centered care delivery.

Qualifications

• License to practice as RN in Rhode Island.
• Current BLS certification.
• Complies with Rhode Island Nurse Practice Act.
• Understanding of lifespan care and cultural diversity.
• Proficient in nursing assessments and care plans.

Responsibilities

• Recognizes and reports deviations from patient status.
• Documents nursing interventions and patient responses.
• Provides basic comfort and support to patients.
• Fosters patient and family involvement in care decisions.
• Sets priorities in individual patient assignments.
• Initiates appropriate responses during emergencies.
• Participates in quality improvement and risk management.
• May assume shift charge responsibilities when needed.

Skills

RN licensure RI

Basic Life Support

Nursing assessment

Patient safety

Cultural sensitivity

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Job description

Overview

Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager (or designee), and within hospital and departmental policies and procedures, the professional registered nurse acts as a patient advocate in the application of the nursing process. All essential functions performed in this position reflect the age specific needs of the patients. 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: Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Recognizes and reports deviations from patient or established norms.
• Identifies deviations from established norms not related to chief patient’s complaints.
• Reports patient’s responses to treatment(s) and documents nursing interventions.
• Provides basic comfort and support according to patient needs.
• Fosters patient(s) and family participation in achieving optimum level of patient’s functioning and performing activities of daily living.
• Sets priorities in individual patient’s assignments.
• Seeks guidance and resources, when necessary, in management of patient care.
• Identifies and assesses emergency situations.
• Initiates appropriate response and intervention.
• Plans for potential needs during emergency situations.
• Defines nursing diagnosis and expected patient’s outcomes.
• May modify nursing plan of care based on diagnosis and/or outcomes.
• Documents on appropriate nursing assessment forms.
• Implements nursing interventions and evaluates based on patient’s outcomes.
• Modifies plan or care, accordingly, including documentation.
• Maintains knowledge of contemporary professional nursing practice within the Rhode Island Nurse Practice Act framework.
• Attends required training and retraining to maintain current knowledge.
• Utilizes established protocols and collaborates with the health team to facilitate therapeutic interventions and attainment of desired patient outcomes.
• Participates in quality improvement processes and risk management activities.
• Attends unit-based or hospital meetings to facilitate patient care management.
• Functions in a cooperative and productive manner in the work environment.
• Integrates complete physical assessment with nursing assessment and records reviews in developing a comprehensive, individualized plan of care.
• Follows all documentation guidelines per policy and procedure.
• Maintains quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control in accordance with established hospital policies and procedures.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
• Demonstrates self‑direction in maintaining and advancing clinical and professional competency.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the lifespan with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns.
• Provides functional guidance and direction to LPNs, CNAs, and other licensed personnel as required.
• May assume shift charge responsibility on an assigned unit, maintaining an overview of unit activities and delegating work responsibilities with equitable assignments, making bed and patient assignments, and assigning primary patients to staff.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure under the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

Basic Knowledge

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school, associate’s degree required; Baccalaureate preferred.
• Current Basic Life Support Certification (American Heart Association).
• Conformity to the Code of Professional Nurses.
• Understanding of the provisions of the Nurse Practice Act of the state of Rhode Island.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the lifespan with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and sensitivity to cultural diversity.

Experience

• Registered nurses should develop general proficiency as a staff nurse within three months of employment.
• For specialty units, general nursing experience appropriate to the specialty is preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Prolonged standing and walking.
• Exposure to all patient elements.
• Repeated bending, squatting, lifting, and stooping.

Supervisory Responsibility

None.

Pay Range

$35.70 - $71.40.

Shift Information

• Work type: Three 12‑hour shifts (7p.m. – 7:30a.m.), every other weekend, holiday.
• Work shift: Night.
• Daily hours: 12 hours.
• Driving required: No.

Location

Newport Hospital – 11 Friendship Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840.

EEO Statement

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