RN Med/Surg 5th Floor PT 7A-7P (FT)

Confidential; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Mississippi seeks a registered nurse to provide direct and indirect patient care in the assigned care setting. You will communicate with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes, applying critical thinking, nursing processes, and compassionate care while upholding patient autonomy and dignity.

You will also educate patients, prioritize care, and collaborate with the team to support safe, cost-effective practices and lifelong

Qualifications

• RN licensure and BLS certification within 14 days of hire.
• Ability to apply nursing processes and prioritize patient care.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient appropriately based on their medical condition.
• Has knowledge of ordered medications and administers as prescribed.
• Provides care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient including basic self-care activities.
• Formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and includes family in teaching.
• Demonstrates ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and services.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team in providing patient care.
• Assists physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical skills.
• Addresses psychosocial needs of patients and families and coordinates discharge needs.
• Promotes cost-effective practices and safe use of supplies.
• Prioritizes patient care effectively and pursues lifelong learning.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Compassion

Patient education

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Tools

Computer literacy

Job description

Job Summary

Provides direct and indirect patient care in the assigned care setting. Communicates and collaborates with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and other multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Provides high quality patient care utilizing critical thinking, nursing processes, decision making, compassion, integrity, respect, and empathy. Preserves the patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and restores health whenever possible. Able to perform general nursing duties, patient education, and prioritization. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient appropriately and accurately based on their medical condition.
• Has knowledge of ordered medications and administers as prescribed.
• Provides care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient including basic self-care activities.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching as appropriate.
• Demonstrates ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and provide services.
• Communicates/collaborates with multidisciplinary team in providing patient care.
• Demonstrates an ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicates with social services regarding both hospital and post discharge needs.
• Demonstrates cost-effective practices and non-wasteful usage of supplies, linen, and charge items.
• Prioritizes patient care effectively and efficiently.
• Promotes patient safety by reducing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care.
• Assumes lifelong learning related to the nursing profession.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum RequiredPreferred/Desired

Education

Minimum RequiredGraduate of an accredited nursing program.Preferred/Desired

Training

Minimum RequiredPreferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum RequiredComputer literacyPreferred/Desired

Licensure

Minimum RequiredRN;BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIREPreferred/DesiredACLS/PALS Specialty Certification