Hospital RN

Registered Nurse: Med-Surg/ER Floor

Position Overview:

The Med-Surg/ER Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to the patients and supervises the day-to-day nursing activities performed by the certified nursing assistants/nursing assistants in accordance with current federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines and established facility policies and procedures on the medical surgical and ER departments.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervises the day-to-day activities of the CNA, NA, and LPNs on their assigned areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Directs the daily activities of the certified nursing assistants/nursing assistants in accordance with current federal, state and local regulations and guidelines and established facility policies and procedures.
• Ensures that policies and procedures are complied with by nursing personnel assigned.
• Participate in the admission, discharge and transfers of patients as required.
• Observes patients for changes in status, notifying the physician and patient’s family or representative and documents accordingly.
• Observes physician orders to the patient’s EHR and carries out orders.
• Prepares and administers medications and treatments as per physicians’ orders and observes the patient for adverse effects, utilizing facility policies and procedures.
• Initiates, reviews and updates care plans as required
• Provides direct care skills in accordance with current policies and procedures.
• Performs rounds to ensure patient needs are being met and personnel are performing their assigned duties.
• Collaborate with other members of the interdisciplinary team as needed to ensure patients’ needs are met.
• Responds to emergency situations in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Ensure that there is an adequate stock of medications, supplies, equipment and notifies appropriate personnel of needs.
• Promote teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.
• Participates in the survey process when inspection surveys arise and participates in hospital-wide committees as needed.
• Assists with orientation of new employees.
• As a condition of employment, completes all assigned training and skills competency
• Cross trains to both ER and Med-Surg floor.
• Maintains a working knowledge of all equipment used in treatment of patients
• Performs other duties as assigned, within the Registered Nurse scope of practice.

McKenzie Health reserves the right to assign, reassign, or eliminate duties and responsibilities as necessary. The description of critical job features is not exhaustive and may change as deemed appropriate.