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  Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing

The Emergency Department Registered Nurse uses the nursing process to identify patient needs and priorities of care through assessment, planning and delegation of care based on patient needs, therapeutic interventions, and evaluation of the patient’s response. The nurse is expected to incorporate and demonstrate the message of CHI’s stated mission, including its Christian ethics, philosophy and values.   Essential Key Job Responsibilities - Provides basic, bedside care. - Displays professionalism while completing multiple urgent tasks in a timely manner. - Performs triage, collects current symptoms, records patients’ current vital signs, as well as a detailed patient history. - Works directly under physician’s direction and/or policies/procedures. - Prepares and administers and records prescribed medications. - Provides Patient/Family Education. - Manages basic life support needs and stabilizes patients until the attending physician is available, based upon nursing standards and protocol. - Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms - Maintains proper supply levels and appropriate medical equipment. - Other duties as assigned by management.

- Responsible for supervising nursing units in the absence of unit managers. - Active participant of calculating and monitoring Hours Per Patient Days along with acuity of patients, in relationship to staffing units accurately, safely, and cost effective under the direction of the unit manager. - Utilizes nursing personnel effectively, assists with required scheduling, staffing and assignments, and collaborates with other department managers/supervisors/charge to ensure smooth coordination of services to patients, enhances patient flow within the facility, and efficient admission/discharge/transfer processes - Receives report from off-going shift, give report to oncoming shift, and makes rounds - Open on-going dialog with unit managers. - Practices safe work habits, compliance with safety rules and regulations, and adheres to safety policies 7.Utilizes resources appropriately and follows facility guidelines, policies, and procedures - Must be able to step in to assist staff in response to work load or staffing demands. - Maintains clinical exposure through actual intervention, coordination of patient care, role modeling, consulting, problem solving, and in-services. NON-ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Other duties as assigned

The Registered Nurse implements the nursing process within CHI St. Francis and across the continuum of care by providing and coordinating patient care, education, and emotional support to patients and their family members.   Essential Key Job Responsibilities - Responsible for the daily care of the patient including assessments, treatments, medications, education and discharge planning.  Develops, implements and modifies the patient care plan as indicated by patient’s conditions and responses.  Uses multidisciplinary team strategies to resolve patient problems - Administer medications using bar code scanning - Respectful and effective communication with all patient populations, physicians, and across all areas of continuum of care - Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with Safe Patient Handling techniques - Maintains continuity among nursing teams by accurate hand off and documentation in the EMR - Knowledge of and implementation of isolation techniques - Ensures operation of equipment by completing competency checklists; sequestering and completing appropriate TEAM requests for malfunctioning equipment. Evaluates new equipment, follows safety guidelines for clinical devices. - Assures quality of care by adhering to quality control requirements. - Initiation and Management of IV therapy; Safely administers blood and blood products - Maintains professional appearance and clinical knowledge. Participates in activities and completes mandatory online education, annual competencies, and educational assignments to maintain and further the profession of nursing and personal growth. - Dependable for scheduled shifts. - Facilitates and assists in the coordination of patient discharge and referrals - Participates in the orientation and training of new personnel - Directs and supervises less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel   The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

The Registered Nurse implements the nursing process within CHI St. Francis and across the continuum of care by providing and coordinating patient care, education, and emotional support to patients and their family members. Essential Key Job Responsibilities - Responsible for the daily care of the patient including assessments, treatments, medications, education and discharge planning. Develops, implements and modifies the patient care plan as indicated by patient’s conditions and responses.  Uses multidisciplinary team strategies to resolve patient problems - Administer medications using bar code scanning - Respectful and effective communication with all patient populations, physicians, and across all areas of continuum of care - Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with Safe Patient Handling techniques - Maintains continuity among nursing teams by accurate hand off and documentation in the EMR - Knowledge of and implementation of isolation techniques - Ensures operation of equipment by completing competency checklists; sequestering and completing appropriate TEAM requests for malfunctioning equipment. Evaluates new equipment, follows safety guidelines for clinical devices - Assures quality of care by adhering to quality control requirements - Initiation and Management of IV therapy; safely administers blood and blood products per facility protocol - Maintains professional and technical knowledge by completion of LEARN assignments, attending mandatory in-services, annual competencies, and educational assignments to maintain and further the profession of nursing and personal growth - Maintains acceptable clinical standards (AORN, AAMI, APIC, ACS, etc.) - Demonstrates professionalism when working with physicians and other providers - Dependable for scheduled shifts - Facilitates and assists in the coordination of patient discharge and referrals - Participates in the orientation and training of new personnelDirects and supervises less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel - Directs and supervises less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel - On call every 4th weekend, every 4th holiday, and one to two days weekly - Must be within 20 minutes of hospital when on call   Non-essential Job Responsibilities - Other duties as assigned by management - Enter additional item as applicable  

Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she Responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations.   Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.     POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES   - Assessment: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs.  Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.    - Planning: Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs.  Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.   - Implementation: Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.   - Evaluation: Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.   - Report Skills: Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of   - Environment & Patient Safety: Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space. Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location. Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction. Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.   - Supplies: Maintains accurate documentation of charges and supplies used to provide patient care through cost containment measures.   - Time Management: Clocks in and out appropriately according to policy to ensure work is stated and completed on time. Obtains Director/designees/House Supervisor approval before working overtime, including incremental overtime.   - Documentation: Consistently documents in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and quality patient care requirements.   - License and Competency: Maintains RN license to practice in the State of Texas including multi-state licensure requirements. Takes responsibility for meeting competency requirements. Assists with the orientation of new employees and floated staff as requested and assigned.   - Professional Responsibility: Maintains all professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies prior to deadline. Attends mandatory in-services, workshops, town halls, and 75% of all unit meetings per year.   Stays up-to-date on communication, including emails and current journals to keep abreast of new developments in the medical and nursing fields.    - Patient Care: Notifies and escalates concerns to appropriate providers of life-threatening changes and notes physician response. Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization’s professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient and family following the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives (ERD).   - Patient Experience: Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues. Performs hourly rounding and bedside shift report, updating the patient communication board and providing service recovery as needed. BEHAVIORS   COMPASSIONATE Cares for others with a kind heart - High: Consistently shows an interest in others and their well-being. Offers to help and goes beyond where possible. Treats everyone in a friendly and welcoming manner. Good influence on co-workers and mentors others to demonstrate the same behaviors of respect and courtesy. - Solid: Usually shows an interest in others and their well-being. Offers to help others. Treats patients and guests with respect and courtesy. May be influenced by mood when interacting with co-workers - Low: Avoids being around those with viewpoints different than their own. Prefers to withdraw, rather than helping to maintain calm in stressful situations. Has difficulty relating to others whose background is different from their own. Sees protocols as a necessary but painful part of getting a job done.   MINDFUL Attention to the present moment, respectfully, with purpose and non-judgmentally. - High: Always carefully listens, considering the viewpoint and values of others. Maintains composure in all situations. Remains calm, considerate of emotions and the situation at all times. Follows all protocols and advocates delivering safe, quality care. - Solid: Strives to listen carefully and to consider viewpoints of others. Sees the value of being considerate of emotions and remaining calm in most situations. Strives to understand protocols and follow them whenever possible. - Low: Treats patients or customers as an inconvenience; often rude. Inconsistently uses AIDET. Ignores service recovery, hopes someone else will take care of it. Does not do more than what is necessary.   INNOVATIVE Desire for continuous improvement through original and creative thinking. - High: Always identifying ways to improve and taking action. Contributes to the development and implementation of best practices. Thinks outside the box. Positively promotes progress and adjusts accordingly. Engages others in improvement. Implements continuous improvement as a result of measurements. - Solid: Creates an environment of continuous improvement. Seeks out and utilizes best practices. Tries new approaches and takes appropriate risk. Measures progress against plans and stated goals. - Low: Has little regard for improvement. Does not follow best practices; does things their own way. Resistant to change. Regularly loses sight of goals; gets off track if left unmonitored.   CONFIDENT Trust and faith in the ability of oneself and colleagues. - High: Always takes responsibility for being knowledgeable and skilled in their job and about the organization. Understands personal limits and utilizes subject matter experts as needed. Puts others at ease during times of uncertainty. Respects others through empowerment. - Solid: Knowledgeable and skilled in their job and about the organization. Sees personal limits, but at times unsure as to how to overcome them. Feels sure in times of uncertainty. - Low: Lacks knowledge and skill for tasks on the job and is not interested in gaining them. Sees their own limits, but blames others for lack of knowledge or resources. Adds to uncertainty in the organization.   TRUSTWORTHY Commitment to personal integrity and competence at all times. - High: Builds strong, high trust relationships through effective communication. Keeps commitments and is accountable for follow through and getting results. Fosters a feeling of reliability among others. Maintains honesty and integrity always. - Solid: Values relationships and communicates effectively to build trust. Keeps commitments to meet expectations. Maintains honesty and integrity. - Low: Avoids communication. Does not keep commitments or meet expectations. Cannot be counted on as a reliable team member. Lacks honesty and integrity.   EMPATHETIC Understand and share the feelings of another. - High: Uses one’s own experience to understand and care about others. Takes initiative to learn about other’s experiences in order to place oneself in another’s position. Always sees another’s point of view, listens attentively, and feels with the heart of another. - Solid: Often uses one’s own experience to understand and care about others. Sees others point of view, listens attentively, and feels with the heart of another. Is challenged when personal experience is not available for reflection. - Low: Has no desire to understand the experiences of others and why they may see things differently. Cares only for his/her own point of view or opinion.    

  Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing  

  Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards professional nursing

Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing

Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing

Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she Responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations.   Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.   POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES                             1. Assessment:  Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition.  Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs.  Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.  2. Planning:  Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge.  Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs.  Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient. 3. Implementation: Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications. 4. Evaluation: Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs. 5. Report Skills: Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity. 6. Environment & Patient Safety: Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space.  Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location. Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction. Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately. 7. Supplies: Maintains accurate documentation of charges and supplies used to provide patient care through cost containment measures. 8. Time Management:  Clocks in and out appropriately according to policy to ensure work is stated and completed on time.  Obtains Director/designees/House Supervisor approval before working overtime, including incremental overtime. 9. Documentation:  Consistently documents in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and quality patient care requirements. 10. License and Competency: Maintains RN license to practice in the State of Texas including multi-state licensure requirements. Takes responsibility for meeting competency requirements. Assists with the orientation of new employees and floated staff as requested and assigned. 11. Professional Responsibility:  Maintains all professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies prior to deadline.  Attends mandatory in-services, workshops, town halls, and 75% of all unit meetings per year.   Stays up-to-date on communication, including emails and current journals to keep abreast of new developments in the medical and nursing fields.  12. Patient Care:  Notifies and escalates concerns to appropriate providers of life-threatening changes and notes physician response. Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization’s professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient and family following the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives (ERD). 13. Patient Experience:  Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues. Performs hourly rounding and bedside shift report, updating the patient communication board and providing service recovery as needed.  

Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards professional nursing

As a Registered Nurse you will be responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. 

Works collaboratively with physicians, staff and other health care professionals to provide a medical home and care coordination across the health care continuum for all patients within the physician office setting and is an integral member of the health care team who works to ensure safety, best practice and high quality standards of care are maintained. Is held accountable for policies and procedures of the department and organization. This position supports the mission, vision, and philosophy of CommonSpirit Health. #missioncritical

The CHI Lakeside Breast Health Center is considered a CHI Center of Excellence.  The Breast Health Center holds a triple accreditation status with NQMBC, ACR and the NAPBC.  CHI Health offers a full range of services related to breast health and breast cancer, including prevention, detection, treatment and survivorship with services and programs designed for all stages of life.     Your time at work should be fulfilling. Rewarding. Inspiring. That’s what you’ll find when you join one of our non-profit CHI facilities across the nation. You’ll find challenging, rewarding work every day alongside people who have as much compassion as you. Join us and together we’ll create healthier, stronger communities.   Job Summary Responsible for providing a coordinated navigation process for oncology patients & family members within the continuum of cancer care. Collaborates with members of the muti-disciplinary team, physicians & the community to triage, coordinate and manage patient care.  Promotes patient, family & physician satisfaction & is accountable for patient care delivery through resource utilization, active communication with team members & leading clinical quality initiatives.  Provides patients and families access to resources and assess patients’ current and future needs, facilitates distress screenings and coordinates referrals. Provides services which encompass the spiritual, physiological, social & psychological care aspects of the patient, the prevention of disease & the conservation of health.   Key Job Responsibilities   - Serves as a clinical expert to help cancer patients & their families through the healthcare system throughout the course of their disease by educating the patient, family & staff with facts about the diagnosis, treatment plan and available resources. - Coordinates care across the continuum with other health care disciplines such as pharmacy, cancer support team, genetics, clinical trials, other health care team members and community advocacy groups.  - Acts as an advocate for patients & family members by facilitating communication among the health care team and acts as a resource for staff. - Maintains, participates and demonstrates work practices consistent with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives concerning quality improvement, safety, security, environmental conditions and infection control. - Serves as an educator and consultant in oncology for patients, families, physicians and other healthcare providers, community agencies/resources, and other area providers. - Assumes responsibility for personal & professional growth through participation in departmental meetings, in service programs and continuing education programs.  Fulfills yearly education requirements. - Other duties as assigned

GENERAL SUMMARY: Assists in the administration and coordination of all occupational health programs including:  leaves of absences, Blood Borne Pathogen (BBP) exposures, tuberculosis program, workers’ compensation, ergonomics, immunizations, return to work clearance, latex prevention, new hire processing, short/long term disability insurance, alcohol/substance abuse monitoring/treatment, ADA accommodations and regulatory agencies as indicated.     ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Focus:  General EHS Responsibilities - Assesses data related to employees (ages 16-80) injury or illness and charts appropriately. - Assists with new hire health screening processes. - Coordinates/administers immunizations and TB skin tests. - Provide treatment and follow-up for TB skin test conversions. - Maintains all employee files and monitors them for completeness and accuracy. - Acts as a resource person to answer questions relative to occupational health/safety. - Communicates with third-party administrators, attorneys, occupational health physicians, rehabilitation professionals, Mercy management, and any others to assure fair, consistent, quality treatment of the employee and adherence to Mercy policies. - Coordinates cost-containment efforts. - Attends educational seminars to educate self and others about current occupational health issues. - Provides instruction and information to employees regarding their health situation. - Demonstrates knowledge of infection control issues/communicable diseases. - Collaborates with Infection Control, Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and other community agencies regarding communicable disease treatment and follow-up. - Assesses alcohol/substance abuse issues in the workplace, makes appropriate referral(s) and evaluates the employee’s ability to return to work after successful program completion. - Assists with ADA accommodations as needed. - Utilizes EAP for employee referral. - Administers the DOT requirements for CDL random drug testing procedures. - Assists with the respiratory protection program. - Serves as a resource for health referrals. - Assists with short and long term disability insurance processes. - Keeps the EHS Manager informed of any employee issues warranting further review. - Assists with other duties as assigned.   Focus:  Leaves of Absence - Administers and case manages the FMLA/LOA program to include coordination of medical care, referrals and assistance for the employee’s Return to Work (RTW). - Determines leave time available. - Tracks FMLA/LOA data. - Handles inquiries and follow-up issues. - Distributes notices, and correspondence to employee, or designee, as required by federal/state law. - Reviews and validates completed certifications, documents and other paperwork. - Involves clinical advisory review when necessary. - Verifies recertification of leave periods as per policy. - Provides assistance to managers/employees. - Reports leave of absence information via standard reports. - Collects fit-for-duty information from employee. - Assists all parties with completion and coordination of all necessary documentation in a timely manner. - Reviews/updates the LOA policies/procedures.   Focus:  Workers’ Compensation - Serves as a case manager for all workers’ compensation incidents and makes appropriate referrals for services. - Reviews/investigates all work related incidents and makes appropriate referrals for services. - Completes and monitors First Reports of Injury. - Recognizes, accesses and coordinates the expertise from other departments to assist the employee while they are participating in the workers’ compensation program. - Makes on-site visits as necessary to assess health/safety issues and make appropriate recommendations. - Serves on the Ergonomic Committee, Safety Committee and other committees as deemed appropriate. - Provides ergonomic evaluations and makes recommendations regarding assistive equipment. - Assists with the identification of latex allergies and provides education, consultation and follow-up as needed. - Provides testimony and assists in preparation of workers’ compensation litigation. - Reviews/updates the workers’ compensation policies and procedures. - Maintains statistical information on all work-related incidents. - Maintains the OSHA 300A log and time-loss board. - Assists with workers’ compensation billing issues.   Focus:  Blood Borne Pathogen BBP Exposures - Administers and case manages all BBP exposures and coordinates the plan of care. - Updates the BBP exposure control plan/policy annually. - Reviews and investigates all BBP exposures and makes appropriate referrals for services. - Provides immediate counseling and follow-up for all blood borne pathogen exposures utilizing the PEP protocol if necessary. - Provides monthly reports. - Communicates and provides follow-up with the identified source patient. - Communicates with management staff regarding BBP prevention/follow-up. - Consults with Infectious Disease physician for all PEP exposures and as needed. - Monitors trends in safety device utilization. - Serves on the Safety Device Task Force Committee. #MissionCritical

Job Summary / Purpose Provides patients with direct nursing care based on the nursing process and individual patient assessment needs.  Provide families of patients with emotional support, information and guidance in treating the identified patient.  Educate patients and families in areas of health and illness that maintain optimum levels of physical and emotional functioning. Essential Key Job Responsibilities - Assumes responsibility for acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the identified practice setting. - Organizes and prioritizes patient care duties as assigned, demonstrating independent functions and self- direction. - Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decision making to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions. - Administers medications according to organizational policies and procedures, regulatory requirements and acceptable standards of practice. - Documents assessments and interventions in accordance with hospital policy and standards of care. - Addresses patient phone calls by the end of the day with physician direction. - Performs all aspects of patient care in and environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors. Protects the patient in the event of a medical/healthcare error. - Implements and age appropriate care in conjunction with the health care team per scope of services. Identifies the learning needs of the patient and or caregivers while assessing measure to meet those needs.  Incorporates patient individual, social, emotional, developmental, spiritual and cultural needs into the care planning and teaching process. - Safely utilizes all equipment in required role, reports defective equipment, trouble shoots when needed. - Assists in collection of monthly quality audits, inventory of sample drugs and revision of patient teaching sheets and clinic policy and procedures. - Practices patient experience best practices of AIDET, use of pain scale guide, and other best practices required by facility. - Performs other duties as assigned my management.

The Care Manager of Peer Review will investigate medical staff peer review issues and quality trends. Retrieves and prepares medical records for peer review and assists physicians with peer review utilizing medical staff indicator criteria. Enters data for trending and pattern analysis, prepares and tracks correspondence related to peer review. Collects medical provider data continually for purposes of reappointment and to identify potential opportunities for improvement.

A Vascular Access RN is a Registered Nurse, operating within their scope of practice, who has expertise and certification in Vascular Access. The nursing position is responsible for vascular assessment and placement of the appropriate vascular access device which would include: PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) Lines, Mid-Lines and peripheral lines. The RN is responsible to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to the specific group of healthcare consumers who require vascular access devices to further their care across the continuum. The RN will function as part of a Vascular Access Team.   ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - Follow the nursing process which includes: assessment, plan, implement and evaluate patients who require vascular access device (VAD) placement. - Demonstrates the assessment skills necessary to assess the patient’s vasculature, medical history and plan of care for each patient and ultimately choosing the appropriate device. - Placing adult VAD’s: PICC, Midline or Peripheral IV lines. - Troubleshooting complications of VAD’s to assist nursing staff, acting as a resource in vascular line maintenance, dressing, and de-clotting. - Collaborate with providers to discuss appropriate placement of VAD’s - Obtains informed consent for PICC line insertion. - Provides patient teaching regarding PICC, Mid-lines care and maintenance. - EMR documentation of assessment and placement of VAD’s.

Job Summary / Purpose Assumes responsibility and accountability for the direct and indirect care of the surgical patient during the pre-operative (Pre-op) and post-operative (PACU I) phase. Provides professional nursing care to patients, incorporating the nursing process, the environment of care and the technical equipment in conjunction with health care team members. Essential Key Job Responsibilities - Performs Pre-Admission/Assessment Telephone Call (PAT) on scheduled surgery/procedure using EMR (electronic medical record). The PAT form will be determined by the surgery/procedure scheduled: PAT Endoscopy, PAT Short Form, Pediatric PAT or PAT Long Form. - Administers nursing care to patients the day of scheduled surgery/procedure: includes nursing assessment, medication reconciliation, planning, implementing and evaluating the patient’s care plan. Under the guidance of physician orders, unit protocols/policies and nursing judgment. - Maintains patient confidentiality and delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights - Always considers factors relating to safety, effectiveness and cost in planning/delivering patient care - Skilled starting IV for surgery/procedures patients - Utilizes hospital information system to process orders and retrieve patient information/test results. - Maintains knowledge about documentation requirements and continued update of information needed for accurate documentation using EMR. - Accesses policies, professional publications and electronic resources to provide patient/family or caregiver education, counseling in recognition and solutions of physical, emotional, and environmental health problems in the scope of nursing practice. - Communicates effectively and appropriately with patients, physicians, families, staff and other health care tam members, demonstrating maturity and accountability for job performance. - Participates in ongoing educational activities related to clinical knowledge, professional development of peers and colleagues - Assists with clerical duties (i.e. scheduling, maintaining chart supplies and answering telephone, using office equipment - Take assigned call as scheduled with an expected response time of 45 minutes of less.