Staff Nurse II - Reynolds Trauma Job Winston-Salem area,North Carolina USA,Nursing

Full-time

Company Description

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is a fully integrated academic medical center located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution comprises the medical education and research components of Wake Forest School of Medicine, the integrated clinical structure and consumer brand Wake Forest Baptist Health, which includes North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest Innovations, which promotes the commercialization of Wake Forest's research discoveries and operates Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, an urban research and technology park, as well as a network of affiliated community based hospitals, physician practices, outpatient services and other medical facilities.

The system has 1,004 acute care and rehabilitation beds and includes Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington Medical Center, and Wake Forest Baptist Health-Davie Medical Center, as well as clinics, diagnostic centers and other primary and specialty care facilities serving 22 counties in northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia.

Job Description

Major Duties:

Provides nursing care to patients using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation). The staff nurse directs and leads other assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.

25 bed Trauma Stepdown with telemetry

3- 12 Hour Nights with Every Third Weekend

Essential Functions:

Utilizes the nursing process to provide patient/family centered care focusing on the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. This includes providing for the assessment, development of nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion and evaluation of goals and interventions consistent with the policies of WFBMC.

Maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment through ensuring patient privacy and responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior. Utilizes and promotes the use of technology and equipment to enhance the safety of patients and staff.

Communicates effectively to promote sharing of information throughout the continuum of care and as an effective member of the healthcare team.

Demonstrates the ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model. This includes participating in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, participation in peer review and professional development promoting leadership and clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice and acknowledgment of accountability for actions and critical thinking.

Acts as a patient advocate throughout the continuum of care including all patient settings and in the community.

Coordinates the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services through the application of care management principles. Identifies clinical priorities and initiates action to improve patient outcomes.

Demonstrates ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, promotion of a healthy work environment and acceptance of personal responsibility for professional growth.

Qualifications

Education / Experience: Graduation from accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.

Licensure, Certification and / or Registration: RN licensure in NC. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) may be required within one year in select areas. Performs and maintains competency for point-of-care testing as…