FSED RN

Job description:

POSITION SUMMARY:

To provide professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process and maintaining compliance with the Florida Nurse Practice Act. The provision of this care is to be conducted in a collaborative manner with all members of the healthcare team in order to deliver quality care and the best possible patient outcome.

ESSENTIAL CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE:

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patients health or situation
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient and the situation
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes
• Implements the identified plan
• Evaluates progress toward the attainment of the proposed outcome
• Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
• Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice
• Exercises independent judgment in relation to patient care based on level of experience and knowledge, while working within an interdisciplinary team
• Evaluates own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines relevant to statutes, rules, and regulations
• Interacts with peers and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and others in a professional ethical manner
• Integrates research findings into practice
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in planning and delivering nursing care
• Leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession
• Follows established patient safety guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipated outcome in the patients care which results in harm
• Performs unit specific duties as defined and represented by the unit specific competency requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned within defined competencies this includes but is not limited to floating to various units based on business needs

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:

• Core Competencies:

• Service: Strives to meet expectations/needs of customers; responds to concerns with sense of urgency; seeks win-win solutions for reasonable patient/customer expectations.
• Quality/Ethics/Integrity: Seeks opportunities for improvement; prevents small problems from becoming large; pays attention to detail; follows instructions and protocol/procedures; adheres to company code of conduct; maintains integrity in all aspects of work.
• Relationships: Builds effective working relationships; finds and provides information to clarify situations; expands on original ideas; contributes own ideas; places high priority on other team members goals; gains team agreement to support ideas; clearly explains rationale behind ideas/goals; demonstrates sensitivity to differing cultural views and needs; meets attendance and punctuality requirements.
• Adaptability: Seeks to understand changes in work tasks/processes; actively seeks information about new tasks/processes; treats change and new tasks/processes as opportunities for learning and personal growth; speaks positively about changes to others; quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with change.

• Job Specific: As defined by the unit specific standards as outlined in the orientation policy based on the area of practice

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of recent (Within the last year) Acute Care ER RN experience.
• Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma from an accredited institution required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Current FL RN license required or appropriate compact licensure. If compact license held in another state, active FL RN compact license required within 90 days of hire. Advanced Nurse Practitioner license acceptable
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification required within 30 days

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

Great benefits. Relo offered!