Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical Specialties Unit - Rotating

Dartmouth-Hitchcock; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join their dynamic team. This full-time position involves providing evidence-based care to patients with acute and chronic illnesses in a supportive environment. You will utilize your critical thinking and nursing skills to assess and implement individualized care plans, while also mentoring colleagues and contributing to process improvements. With a commitment to professional development and teamwork, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patient care and advance your nursing practice. If you are passionate about nursing and ready to take on new challenges, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• BSN with 1 year experience or ADN with 2 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes nursing process to assess, diagnose, and implement care plans.
• Mentors colleagues and engages in governance of practice.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Nursing Assessment

Delegation

Prioritization

Time Management

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN)

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

Job description

Overview

This is a Full-time 36 hours a week Day/Night rotating position.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

At Dartmouth we take great pride in caring for our Medical Surgical patients knowing that we have the sickest of the sick patients in the region and that we are NOT your typical Med Surg. Our 53 bed Medicine Unit is comprised of 2 smaller units located on Levels 1C & 2C with 37 and 16 beds respectively. As an RN on the Medicine Unit you will receive support from a phenomenal leadership team as well as fellow RN’s, LPNs (1C) and LNAs.

We care for adults typically on the inpatient medicine service who suffer from acute and/or chronic illness. Our team approach and changing environment make it a great place to learn and build/expand on nursing assessment, delegation, prioritization, critical thinking and time management skills. We have a team dedicated to process improvement, problem solving, and teambuilding, which has allowed us to become a unit where everyone is a part of the solution.

Responsibilities

1. Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
2. Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
3. Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
4. Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
5. Engages in the governance of practice.
6. Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
7. Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
8. Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
9. Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
10. Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
11. Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
12. Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
13. Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
14. Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
15. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) with 1 year of experience.
• Associate Degree (ADN) prepared nurses with 2 years' experience.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire and as applicable, higher level per unit certification requirements as stated on the grid attached to the AHA and Life Support Policy.
• ACLS Certificate required upon hire in Endoscopy, Tele-ICU, Day Surgery Center at CGP (Manchester), Life Safety and Cardiology-Echocardiography.