Registered Nurse (RN), Wound Clinic - Full Time Days at Mary Washington Healthcare summary:
The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Wound Clinic is responsible for providing comprehensive, patient-centered care while collaborating with the healthcare team to enhance care quality. This role involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care, as well as ensuring effective communication among team members and participating in performance improvement initiatives. The RN also plays a crucial role in mentoring new staff and adhering to practice standards established for exemplary professional nursing.
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Job Summary:
The Level II Competent Registered Nurse is clinically able to care for patients. The Level II MWHC nurse demonstrates the ability to collaborate with the healthcare team to improve the quality of care in the designated clinical area by incorporating research and implementing evidenced-based knowledge into practice. The Level II Competent Registered Nurse assumes the accountability and responsibility as a professional nurse for providing total, comprehensive, continuous, and patient-centered care for an assigned group of patients. The RN is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Practice Standards for a Level II Registered Nurse:
In the MWHC Practice Standards, a Level II Registered Nurse is outlined in the following areas of:
- Exemplary Professional Practice Standards
- Structural Empowerment Practice Standards
- Transformational Leadership Practice Standards
- New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvement Practice Standards
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Direct and coordinate nursing care, including oversight of licensed and unlicensed personnel in any assigned or delegated tasks using the nursing process and interdisciplinary teamwork to achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Coordinate involvement of the patient, family and health team members in patient care, including patient/family teaching and discharge planning.
- Communicate and coordinate the plan of care and other pertinent information to/from other health care team members.
- Assist Leadership to define standards of excellence for patient care; participate in improvement of patient care services.
- Participate in, contribute to and integrate performance improvement into care delivery and participate in quality improvement activities.
- Participate in orientation of new permanent and temporary staff members.
- Act as point of contact on hospital and departmental policies and procedures to nurses and other health team members.
- Participate in daily operational activities necessary for safe patient/staff environment.
- Provide input to the Nurse Manager regarding unit needs.
- Participate in unit, departmental and hospital committees for formulation of nursing and hospital policies and procedures.
- Under the direction of the Physician:
- Performs scribe functions to include documenting in electronic medical record (EMR) information related to patient encounters. Documentation may include provider orders, medication lists, and provider plan of care.
- Responds to clinical decision support alerts in the electronic medical record (EMR).
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program and has experience as a Registered Nurse
- Valid RN License from Virginia or reciprocal compact state required.
- BSN is preferred.
- AHA BLS Provider CPR required at hire
- Completion of the Billing, Coding and Reimbursement and EMR Functionality modules in Healogics University within 90 days of hire or placement in the position.
For those hired into the External Temporary RN Program:
- If job profile requires BLS, ACLS, PALS or NRP within any period of time, it is required at hire for an External Temporary RN.
- If job profile requires CPI, ONS or NIHSS within any period of time, it is required within 30 days for an External Temporary RN
- If job profile requires TNCC or ENPC within any period of time, it is required within 30 days or by the next available course for an External Temporary RN.
As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
Keywords:
Registered Nurse, patient care, wound clinic, healthcare team, nursing process, patient-centered care, clinical collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, nurse education
