RN - Tele/Med Surg (Weekend Program), Canonsburg

highmarkhealth; Canonsburg (Washington County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a Registered Nurse for the 2West- Medical Surgical/Telemetry Unit at Canonsburg Hospital. The 40-bed unit provides medical-surgical and telemetry care across cardiac, pulmonary, infectious disease, neurology, GI, surgical and orthopedic services, with observation patients also admitted.

Join a collaborative team of RNs, LPNs, PCTs, Cardiac Monitor Technicians and Unit Secretaries, dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care, ongoing professional

Qualifications

• Licensed RN in Pennsylvania.
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines in a fast-paced unit.

Responsibilities

• Provides transformational leadership in a professional practice setting.
• Mentors and supports team members to ensure high-quality patient care.
• Delegates tasks based on patient needs and staff competencies.
• Maintains a safe environment and promotes patient safety initiatives.
• Offers verbal and written feedback to colleagues on clinical practice.
• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate care and health services.
• Participates in department quality initiatives and ensures appropriate order sets are used.
• Applies nursing process to assess, plan, and evaluate patient care.
• Documents changes in patient condition and notifies physicians as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Team player

Communication

Collaboration

Patient safety

Education

RN license

Job description

Company :

Allegheny Health Network Job Description :

2West- Medical Surgical/ Telemetry Unit

This 40-bed unit offers both medical-surgical and telemetry capabilities, providing comprehensive care for a diverse patient population. We specialize in managing conditions across various specialties including cardiac, pulmonary, infectious disease, neurology, GI, surgical, orthopedic and more. Additionally, 2 West accommodates observation patients. You'll thrive within our collaborative team structure, working alongside dedicated RNs, LPNs, PCTs, Cardiac Monitor Technicians and Unit Secretaries, all committed to delivering exceptional patient care and supporting each other's professional development.

Canonsburg Hospital:

Canonsburg Hospital is a recognized commitment to patient care. We are also proud to be a certified Primary Stroke CANCC Pathway To Excellence® facility, known for its nursing distinction and enter, providing crucial, specialized care to our community. Employees at Canonsburg Hospital benefit from a generous benefits package (available to full-time and part-time status employees), and a strong emphasis on professional development and shared governance, fostering a collaborative and empowering work environment.

Allegheny Health Network

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The Registered Nurse is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The registered nurse provides transformational leadership in a professional practice setting by striving to create and participate in the future of healthcare.
• Team player who contributes to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs of the patient and skill level of the RN, LPN or support staff. Assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
• Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of the intervention and predictability of the outcome.
• Provides peers with both verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues and cultivates a work environment that promotes positive employees attitudes, effective communications, trust, and collaboration.
• Willingly accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture in which risk taking is not only safe but expected and creativity, flexibility, resiliency, and adaptability are key.
• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (ex: National Patient Safety Goals).
• Participates in department specific quality initiatives ( ex: EBP population specific). Assures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate and implement a patient plan of care according to the individual needs of the patient as prescribed by physician, nurse and hospital policy including patient and family.
• Derives culturally and age appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family and other health care providers.
• Analyzes the health status of the individuals and families comparing the data with the norm, when possible, to determine patient care needs.
• Assesses patient reports/records change of condition and notifies physician and/or supervisor and intervenes appropriately and documents accordingly.
• Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit, and performs duties within individualized competency.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous lifelong learning and professional development for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Seeks both formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
• Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding one's own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues and others. Identifies areas of strength, as well as, areas in which professional development would be beneficial.
• Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
• Places the patient at the center of everything they do by continuously evaluating and assessing patient an