Hospitalwide Registered Nurse FT​/PT

Hospitalwide Registered Nurse FT/PT (Healthcare)

Join our team of committed and caring professionals. The over 400 employees of Cherokee Regional provide seamless, quality care to our communities. Enjoy competitive wage and benefits offered include: paid time off, health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, short term and long term disability, retirement program, tuition assistance, flex spending, EAP, free Fitness Center membership, health and wellness program.

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the hospital RN contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients and their families. Maintains a practice environment that reflects the Professional Practice Model and in collaboration with other caregivers. Once fully cross trained and independent in other nursing departments, the hospital RN provides support and additional resources to those departments throughout Cherokee Regional during times of vacancy, high acuity, and census variations.

Education:

Required:

Associates Degree in Nursing Preferred:
Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree in Nursing

License/Registration/Certification:

Required:

Current RN licensure, State of Iowa or compact state

Required:

CRMC Safety Companion Course within 6 months of employment

Required:

Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification or obtained within the first 6 months of employment

Required:

OB Department only - NRP

Required:

ED Department only - TNCC within one year of orientation date

Experience:

Preferred:
Prior hospital experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, required.

Ability to operate a personal computer with a general understanding of application software, and an understanding of the Internet.

Ability to learn office and organization-specific software.

Highly developed problem-solving skills.

Ability to adapt to flexible patient schedules and frequent interruptions.

Demonstrates effective communication skills, problem solving, and critical thinking

Knowledgeable of nursing care principles, practices and hospital accreditation

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE OB DEPARTMENT
Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and Nursery orientation completionSTABLE certifications within 1 year of orientation completion

Perinatal Fellowship completion

Ability to interpret and assess fetal monitor strip and utilize proper interventions based on interpretation

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE ER DEPARTMENT
The ER Nurse is responsible for the provision of emergency room direct care Responsible for Emergency department orientation completionTNCC to be obtained within first year of employment

Responsible for completing assigned competencies.

Strong background in basic principles and procedures of emergency patient care

Must demonstrate high ability to think critically

Must provide safe, expedient, and effective care to ER patients.

Clinical Excellence and Patient Care
Assesses the needs of patients and families, providing appropriate teaching and making the necessary referrals to provide continuity of care.

Develops an individual plan of care using a collaborative approach with the patient/family and health care team.

Promptly completes documentation to assure an accurate legal record of patients care.

Delivers high quality care utilizing the nursing process while demonstrating knowledge and clinical skills of the specialty required on the assigned unit in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of care.

Applies conflict resolution techniques.

Utilizes holistic approach (considering physiological, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients and families served in the assigned service area.

Delegates and provides direction for other healthcare team members within their scope of practice and holds them accountable for their involvement in the plan of care.

Utilizes critical thinking in developing nursing interventions while maintaining responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.

Clinical Excellence and Patient Education
Assesses and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patients and their families age specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.

Consults appropriate resources within the hospital to provide specialized education.

Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.

Effective Communication/Teamwork
Demonstrates good verbal and written communication skills with patients, families, healthcare team members and other customers. Verbal communication is clear and precise. Written communication is legible, if handwritten, and done in a timely manner using approved abbreviations.

Verbally presents factual, concise, and timely information and/or patient care data to the healthcare team,…