MedSurg RN Nights

Overview

At Scion Health
, we empower our caregivers to do what they do best. We value every voice by caring deeply for every patient and each other. We show courage by running toward the challenge and we lean into new ideas by embracing curiosity and question asking. Together, we create our culture by living our values in our day-to-day interactions with our patients and teammates.

$20,000 Sign on Bonus available for Full Time position.

Job Summary

• Direct and coordinate all nursing care based on established clinical nursing practice standards.
• Collaborate with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.

Essential Functions

• Practice nursing as described by the definition: “The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health alterations.” Utilize the nursing process to provide care, including administering treatments and medications, interpreting diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care, collaborating with other health care providers, and providing education to patients and/or significant others. The successful candidate must pass competencies for this position.
  
  Involves discretion and independent action within prescribed limits.
• Collect patient health data.
• Determine the priority of data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs; collect pertinent data using appropriate assessment techniques; involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers when appropriate; ensure the data collection process is systematic and ongoing; document relevant data in the medical record according to hospital standards.
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses/patient problems; derive diagnoses/patient problems from the assessment data; validate diagnoses/patient problems with the patient, significant other, and health care providers when possible; document diagnoses/patient problems to facilitate expected outcomes and the plan.
• Identify and document expected outcomes individualized to the patient; derive outcomes from the diagnoses/patient problems; document outcomes as measurable goals; formulate outcomes with the patient and health care providers when possible; ensure outcomes are realistic given the patient’s capabilities and resources; include a time estimate for attainment; ensure outcomes guide continuity of care and anticipate potential problems and intervene as needed.
• Develop a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes; individualize the plan to the patient’s condition or need; develop the plan with the patient, significant others, and health care providers when appropriate; ensure the plan reflects current nursing practice; document the plan; provide continuity of care in the plan.
• Implement the interventions identified in the plan of care; establish interventions that are aligned with the plan; implement interventions in a safe and appropriate manner; document interventions.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes; ensure evaluation is systematic and ongoing; document patient responses to interventions; evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in relation to outcomes; use ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care as needed; document revisions; involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the evaluation process when appropriate.
• Participate in quality-of-care activities, including identifying aspects of care important for quality monitoring; indicators used to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care; data collection and analysis of quality data to identify opportunities for improvement; formulate recommendations; implement activities to enhance nursing practice; utilize results to initiate changes in practice.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN)

Experience

• Minimum of one year of hospital clinical experience preferred