Registered Nurse-SIGN ON BONUS!-Pulmonary Stepdown-Variable Shifts

Job Description

Clinical Practice:
  • Uses the nursing process to provide safe, quality patient care and document accordingly.
  • Works to ensure his/her compliance with all NMHS policies and requirements as directed by the Nurse Manager and Educator.
Education:
  • Provides patient/family education and acts as a resource for existing staff and new employees.
  • Can participate in the Preceptor class to ensure proper training of new employees
Communication:
  • Maintains communication with multidisciplinary team members to provide holistic care to the patient.
  • Attends daily huddles on each unit to ensure proper assignments and identify team members for the shift.
Customer Relations:
  • Projects caring, friendly and helpful image to patients and other customers.
  • Utilized the patient’s communication board (white board) to identify name, date, goals, other staff and procedures or test for the day to keep the patients and families informed.
  • Complies by the NMHS behavioral standards.
Self-Development:
  • Maintains competency by staying informed of changing trends in the nursing practice.
  • Attends annual review and unit specifics within the department.
  • Performs required continuing education hours online and in classroom.
Regulatory Knowledge:
  • Complies with regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.
  • Licensed by the board of Nursing for the state.

Licenses/Certifications Licenses/Certification Details Time Frame Required/
Preferred RN  - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Must be licensed to practice as a RN in the state of MS Upon Hire Required and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Must maintain a current AHA CPR Certification Upon Hire Required and ACLS Requirement is dependent on hiring department Upon Hire Required TB Certified is dependent on hiring department Upon Hire Required PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Requirement is dependent on hiring department Upon Hire Required ASLS Certified for Emergency Room Upon Hire Required and NIH - National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification Requirement for Emergency Room Upon Hire Required and