Nurse Registered-Outpatient Surgery Center-PACU

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Exeter Hospital, Core Physicians, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, proudly serve the beautiful NH seacoast region. Our principal mission is to work together to create healthier communities. What makes us unique is the spirit of our staff who are team-oriented and focused on providing outstanding patient care experience and quality outcomes for those we are privileged to serve.

In addition, we want to ensure that our employees feel well cared for by offering a comprehensive benefits package, ongoing training and growth opportunities, wellness resources, special perks, and more. Our Magnet designation is recognition of our excellent nursing staff and the high quality, innovative patient care we deliver every day in our community.

$ 5,000 Sign on Bonus

Requirements: RN license - N.H. state or any other compact state. BCLS certified or within 30 days of hire; BSN strongly preferred ACLS certified or within1 year of hire

• - Adheres to hospital policies, ANA standards of practice, and nursing code of ethics.
• - Ensures safe, timely and accurate medication and IV administration and transcription.
• - Successfully uses information technology.
• - Documentation is accurate, timely, concise, and legible and adheres to departmental policy.
• - Integrates policies and/or national practice guidelines into patient care planning to achieve desired patient care outcomes.
• - Is an expert resource for content development of clinical practice (and therefore policy/procedure review or development).

• - Precepts new employees
• - sets goals and assists the new employee in meeting those goals.
• - Facilitates and encourages an environment for critical thinking.
• - Makes 1-2 formal presentations (case study, new equipment in service, or education program) to peers at least annually.
• - Assists in meeting the learning and professional development needs of others.

• - Understands team members' roles and delegates tasks and responsibilities appropriate to the licensure, education, and experience of the staff.
• - Assigns personnel appropriately; understands when follow-up is needed.
• - Monitors and evaluates appropriate utilization of staff during assigned shift.

• - Performs a physical assessment and elicits comprehensive patient history on admission appropriate to the setting and patient's condition utilizing accepted practice and documentation standards.
• - Performs systematic, ongoing assessments as patient condition and unit standards warrant.
• - Uses appropriate evidence-based assessment techniques and instruments in collecting pertinent data.

• - Prioritizes established patient care problems and needs.
• - Makes clinical decisions independently, collaboratively, manages one's own assignment.
• - Manages own assignment while balancing efficiency and cost.
• - Recognizes own limitations and seeks collaboration/assistance when needed.
• - Modifies plans and re-prioritizes work quickly to handle the unexpected.
• - Manages multiple demands in prioritizing the patient care needs of an entire unit/dept.
• -Adapts routine protocols and resources to demonstrate effective clinical decision making, in situations that are less than predictable.

• - Communicates effectively during any patient hand-off.
• - Identifies and anticipates patient care needs and initiates the plan of care based upon actual or potential health risks or problems to attain mutually agreed upon outcomes.
• - Identifies patient priorities and discharge planning needs by utilizing assessment, 'best practice' standards, multidisciplinary team and patient input.