**Description:**
Job Summary:
The Registered Nurse provides leadership and coordination of the health care team to assure the provision of high quality, cost effective service to patients, physicians, visitors and other appropriate customer groups. Serves as a safe clinical practitioner using independent but collaborative judgment.
Essential Duties:
Continuously and systematically assesses the health care status of the patient, prioritizing and reprioritizing patient care based on assessment.
Initiates and maintains an individual plan of care to meet identified patient problems or needs, based on analysis of assessment data, standards of nursing care and practice.
Collaborates with patient, primary care providers, family, internal and community resources to coordinate patient discharge/transfer needs.
Prioritizes, performs and delegates direct and/or indirect patient interventions necessary for the stabilization of the trauma patient.
Prioritizes and performs patient interventions necessary for triaging patients.
Participates in patient and family teaching.
Uses critical thinking skills to recognize/respond to emergency situations.
Coordinates and promotes continuity of patient care through effective communication and documentation.
Delegates to available individual staff based on ability/competence and scope of practice.
Is aware and demonstrates utilization of proper infection control standards and practices.
Is aware and demonstrates utilization of proper body mechanics for self and staff.
Shall demonstrate technical and psychomotor competency of patient care including, but not limited to:
1. Cardiac Monitoring
2. Advanced Cardiac Life Support
3. TNCC or TEAM (care of the trauma patient)
13.
Must be open to additional responsibilities as required by administration.
Professional and Institutional Responsibilities:
1.
Promotes own professional and educational development to improve skills and knowledge by participation in departmental meetings, in-service educational programs, community resources, and established hospital nursing committees.
2.
Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability.
Financial/Fiscal:
1.
Participates in safe, cost-effective use of all hospital/patient supplies and equipment.
2.
Charges appropriately for patient services and supplies.
Performance Improvement:
1.
The RN must be actively involved in the Performance Improvement program, both within the department and interdepartmental teams as assigned. In addition, the RN is to be aware of where improvements can be made and be willing to provide that information to the manager for future PI projects.
2.
Understands and actively supports the organizational departmental Performance Improvement Initiatives.
1. Can verbalize employee’s overall responsibility and role in the St. Anthony Hospital Performance Improvement Program.
2. Can identify Plan, Do, Check, and Act as St. Anthony Hospital’s Guide for Performance Improvement.
3. Can submit evidence of participation in a Performance Improvement activity completed within the last 12 months (organizational, departmental or individual).
Service Delivery Standards:
Values Behaviors: It is essential that all employees are able to support the values of St Anthony Hospital and Catholic Health Initiatives. Each person is expected to interact effectively with physicians, patients, visitors, and staff, as well as demonstrate a commitment to service, hospital values, and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times.
Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills:
Demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of major disease process, pertinent medical findings, rationale and expected outcomes in the nursing field. Applies the principles of the nursing process in the delivery of nursing care. Collects objective and subjective data from observations, examinations, interviews and written records regarding the patient’s health status. Evaluates and modifies nursing care plans and nursing interventions and accurately documents all client information using nursing diagnosis criteria. Able to perform safe medication administration, isolation precautions, aseptic and sterile technique, IV insertion and other clinical skills frequently used.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee regularly is required to walk, read, write, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
**Qualifications:**
*Certifications*
Licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Oregon State Board of Nursing. BLS, ACLS, TNCC Certified.
Education
Must be a graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
**Job:** Emergency Services
**Primary Location:** OREGON-PENDLETON-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL
**Shift:** Variable
**Scheduled Hours per 2-week Pay Period:** 80
**Weekends Required:** Occasional
**Req ID:** 2016-R0059420