Clinical Nurse (FT) Post Anesthesia Care Unit - 36 hour p/week, Rotation - (Paid Relocation to Ne...

Company: Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Location: Grand Rapids
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description**Relocation to New Hampshire is required for this position. Paid relocation packages are available for out of state candidates.** Post Anesthesia Care Unit Full Time, 3x12 hour shifts, Day / Night rotation with Call requirement Prior post-anesthesia or critical care experience preferred, BLS and ACLS required, PALS certification within one year of hire required. Position Summary: Provides professional nursing care to patients within an assigned unit. Assesses, plans, organizes, provides, and evaluates nursing care utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking. Makes nursing judgments and decisions and assumes responsibility for nursing care and documentation. Responsibilities: 1. Identifies patient health-related problems and risk states and develops nursing care plans accordingly. Assists other nurses in assessment, diagnosis, care planning, and evaluation of outcomes. 2. Provides individualized nursing care, recognizes and takes appropriate action for significant changes in patient conditions. 3. Evaluates effectiveness of nursing care and makes necessary modifications to assist with optimal patient outcomes. 4. Establishes relevant, evidence-based and safe nursing interventions and priorities when providing nursing care, including administering of medications. 5. Collaborates effectively with patient, patient's significant others, and members of the health care team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Acts as a resource to peers, student nurses, medical students, house officers, and other health care providers. 6. Communicates patient status through verbal, electronic, and written means with other health care providers, and takes appropriate action for patient well-being. 7. Observes patient to recognize nursing needs. Implements care/interventions directly when needed (physical, social or emotional) or indirectly by collaboration with other nursing team members, physicians or members of other health care disciplines. 8. Collaborates with colleagues to ensure patient and family involvement with discharge planning and the achievement of identified needs through teaching or referrals. Assumes responsibility for ensuring an integrated discharge planning process. 9. Identifies and offers solutions to patient care delivery issues through quality improvement, continuing education, research, and peer review activities. 10. Performs other duties as required or assigned. Minimum Qualifications: * Graduatefrom an accredited Nursing Program required. * Bachelorof Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) with 1 year of experience. * AssociateDegree (ADN) prepared nurses with 2 years' experience. * AllAssociate Degree (ADN) prepared nurses must commit to completing a BSN orhigher nursing degree within 10 years of their hire date. Required Licensure/Certification Skills: * LicensedRegistered Nurse in New Hampshire required. * BasicLife Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire and as applicable, higherlevel per unit certification requirements as stated on the grid attached to theAHA and Life Support Policy * ACLSCertificate required upon hire in Endoscopy, Tele-ICU, Day Surgery Center atCGP (Manchester), Life Safety and Cardiology-Echocardiography

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