Registered Nurse

at  Steward Health Care

SUMMARY:

Responsible to Nursing Services for supporting the nursing philosophy and providing high quality, comprehensive patient care. Responsible to the customer for courteous, accurate, timely service.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Current Ohio license as a registered nurse by the Ohio Board of Nursing required.
• Current BLS is required.ACLS required to perform job duties once off orientation
• Previous experience as an RN preferred.
• Specific areas require specific qualifications and must meet required skills for unit specific addendum.

Job Responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

• Performs as a team leader of multi-skilled workers to accomplish plan of care for each patient.
• Leads multi-skilled team to provide high quality, cost effective, comprehensive patient care.
• Independently, makes sound judgments and effective decisions relative to patient care.Performs all skills on the Registered Nurse Equipment/Skills checklist.
• Assesses patient status and need for diagnostic testing. Completes surgery/anesthesia screen to identify patients at risk.Communicates pertinent findings to appropriate physician forfollow-up.
• Effectively interprets and communicates abnormaltesting results with anesthesiologist, surgeon and/or PCP. Maintains knowledge base of frequently ordered diagnostictests and the significance of abnormal results.
• Maintains knowledge of current practice standards andthe significance on the surgical/anesthesia procedurepatient.
• Assesses and educates patients to properly prepare for surgeryand discharge.Coordinates with the operating room and radiology specialprocedures to have patients ready in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of thejob as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work assignments that may beinherent in the job.
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• Performs as a team leader of multi-skilled workers to accomplish plan of care for each patient.
• Leads multi-skilled team to provide high quality, cost effective, comprehensive patient care.
• Independently, makes sound judgments and effective decisions relative to patient care.Performs all skills on the Registered Nurse Equipment/Skills checklist.
• Assesses patient status and need for diagnostic testing. Completes surgery/anesthesia screen to identify patients at risk.Communicates pertinent findings to appropriate physician forfollow-up.
• Effectively interprets and communicates abnormaltesting results with anesthesiologist, surgeon and/or PCP. Maintains knowledge base of frequently ordered diagnostictests and the significance of abnormal results.
• Maintains knowledge of current practice standards andthe significance on the surgical/anesthesia procedurepatient.
• Assesses and educates patients to properly prepare for surgeryand discharge.Coordinates with the operating room and radiology specialprocedures to have patients ready in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned