Staff RN

Lifespan; Taunton (MA); On-site; USD 50,971 - 100,564; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Massachusetts Nurses Association

Job summary

Lifespan's Morton Hospital in Taunton, MA is seeking a registered nurse with at least one year of RN experience to provide direct, compassionate patient care across ages from adult to geriatric. You will document assessments, develop patient-centered care plans including discharge planning, and coordinate with a multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes.

You will lead patient teaching, supervise junior staff when needed, and demonstrate independent judgment in emergencies while adhering

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of RN experience.
• Meditech experience preferred.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and in services and/or reviews documentation as required.
• Assists in the orientation of others and actively participates in mentoring.
• Performs analytical and decision‑making functions with minimal supervision.
• Recognizes and seeks assistance/consultation when appropriate.
• Demonstrates an understanding of relative Hospital and all‑departmental policies and procedures including safety issues.
• Possesses awareness of programs/services provided by Hospital and where they are located.

Responsibilities

• Documents initial and ongoing patient assessment in a complete, concise, and timely manner according to policy and procedure.
• Develops and modifies an effective, comprehensive plan of care including discharge planning.
• Applies knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served.
• Initiates and coordinates patient teaching according to identified needs.
• Integrates, delegates, and coordinates patient care using interdisciplinary approach.
• Delegates responsibilities for care, when applicable, and makes assignments according to skills of caregiver.
• Evaluates patient responses to interventions according to established policy and procedure.
• Demonstrates an ability to plan and supervise other patient caregivers in providing patient care on unit while functioning as a professional role model.
• Demonstrates the ability to exercise independent judgment in times of need and emergency situations.
• Administers medication and performs treatments, utilizing aseptic technique per policy.

Skills

RN experience

Mentoring

Patient teaching

Decision making

Education

BSN preferred

MA RN License

BLS ACLS Certification

ICU/ED PALS ACLS certs

Tools

Meditech

Job description

Summary

Coordinates total nursing care for patients, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. 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.

Core Success Factors

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

Key Responsibilities

• Documents initial and ongoing patient assessment in a complete, concise, and timely manner according to policy and procedure of MHMC.
• Develops and modifies an effective, comprehensive, and individualized plan of care including discharge planning for assigned patients, utilizing standards of care developed by MHMC.
• Applies knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served, i.e.: infant pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
• Initiates and coordinates patient teaching according to identified needs.
• Integrates, delegates, and coordinates patient care using interdisciplinary approach.
• Delegates responsibilities for care, when applicable, and makes assignments according to skills of caregiver.
• Evaluates patient responses to interventions according to established policy and procedure of MHMC.
• Demonstrates an ability to plan and supervise other patient caregivers in providing patient care on unit while functioning as a professional role model.
• Demonstrates the ability to exercise independent judgment in times of need and emergency situations and evaluates the results of actions taken.
• Administers medication and performs treatments, utilizing principles of aseptic technique to assigned patient according to the established policy and procedure of MHMC.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of RN experience.
• Meditech experience preferred.
• Is responsible for ongoing development of his/her work skills through the use of available resources (i.e.: in services, formal educational programs, other work groups and on-the-job training).
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and in services and/or reviews documentation as required.
• Assists in the orientation of others and actively participates in mentoring.
• Performs analytical and decision‑making functions with minimal supervision.
• Recognizes and seeks assistance/consultation when appropriate.
• Demonstrates an understanding of relative Hospital and all‑departmental policies and procedures including safety issues.
• Possesses awareness of programs/services provided by Hospital and where they are located.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing, BSN preferred.
• MA RN License
• BLS and/or ACLS Certification
• Additional certification required where applicable: ICU, FLOAT, S1 and M2-ACLS, Emergency Department‑PALS and ACLS, PACU‑ACLS, PALS, Interventional‑PALS and ACLS

Pay Range

$36.87-$73.13

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

Location

Morton Hospital - 88 Washington Street Taunton, Massachusetts 02780

Work Type

36 hours 7p-730a EOW/EOH S2

Work Shift

Night

Driving Required

No

Union

Massachusetts Nurses Association