RN

Job Description:

• PURPOSE OF JOB :

To provide professional nursing care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, to collaborate with the physician's medical plan, and to execute the objectives and the policies of the hospital.

• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Assesses, plans, implements, documents, coordinates, and manages patient care according to department and American Society of Paranesthesia Nursing (ASPAN) and hospital standards (with giving consideration to age-specific accommodations).

• Communicates and collaborates with patients, physicians, family members and

other health care disciplines in order to achieve excellence in-patient care during hospitalization.

• Promotes patient safety through adherence to protocols, policies, procedures, evidence-based guidelines and Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.

• Actively participates in and supports departmental and organizational quality initiatives and goals.

• Maintains clinical competency according to unit-specific standards.

Job Qualifications:
VII. QUALIFICATIONS :

• Education:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.

• BSN required.

• Current licensure in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of State Bureau of Occupational and Professional Affairs and successful completion of appropriate continuing education specific to job requirements

B. Experience: Three years of adult medical-surgical experience.

C. Other Skills:

1. Certified in B.L.S. - For Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program

2. ACLS, PALS (obtained within 12 mos. of hire)

3. Excellent interpersonal and team building skills

4. Competency in administration of Conscious Sedation