Surgical Inpatient RN – Night Shift

Florida Medical Clinic; Wesley Chapel (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Medical Clinic in Wesley Chapel, FL is seeking an Registered Nurse (RN) for the Surgical Inpatient Unit. The role supports patients in an acute care setting with complex assessments and therapies, including high-intensity interventions and continuous nursing vigilance.

Responsibilities include monitoring cardiac rhythms, operating and interpreting critical care equipment, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes and safety.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement for acute care.
• Responds to rapidly changing patient conditions with confidence.
• Develops individualized care plans based on patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays.
• Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients' condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
• Assesses patient's needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care.
• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
• Functions as a patient and family advocate.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/ department.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.
• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department's goals and strategies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient's status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs.
• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.
• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards.
• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills.
• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.
• Practices effective problem identification and resolution.
• Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient's needs and the team member's capabilities and qualifications.
• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other health care team members.
• Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients' rights.
• Collaborates with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures

Skills

Nursing skills

Patient assessment

Critical thinking

Patient safety

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Tools

Cardiac monitors

Ventilators

Respirators

Critical care equipment

Job description

Florida Medical Clinic in Wesley Chapel, FL is seeking an Registered Nurse (RN) for the Surgical Inpatient Unit. The role supports patients in an acute care setting with complex assessments and therapies, including high-intensity interventions and continuous nursing vigilance.

Responsibilities include monitoring cardiac rhythms, operating and interpreting critical care equipment, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes and safety.