Staff RN - Hospital - MST

* Champions new ideas. * Leads and directs others through the change process. * Utilizes communication strategies including chain of command and issue escalation, which result in intended outcomes. * Participates in problem identification and resolution. * Mentors, orients, and coaches others in unit specific operations and patient care activities * Shares responsibility and authority with subordinates and holds him/her accountable for performance. * Demonstrates ability to problem solve with other departments in order to assist member problem resolution. * Prioritizes, delegates, and supervises work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities. * Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice. Nursing Process * Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of that plan. * Ensures plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education. * Ensures plan is reflective of admission or outpatient database, on-going findings, age appropriate care, cultural specific needs, and appropriate acuity. * Ensures plan is discussed with patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timely manner. * Monitors the patients progress based on the plan. * Revises plan on ongoing basis based on patient condition and evaluation of progress. * Ensures care meets standards of practice. * Ensures effective development and completion of discharge plan including discharge barriers and patient/family education. Ensures that patient clearly understands discharge instructions. In outpatient, identify barriers and needs for patient/family education that will facilitate the outpatient medical management plan. * Ensures patient safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures utilizing the five rights; patient falls; decubitus prevention and prevention of nosocomial infections. * Ensures optimal pain control and patient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties, fears or concerns regarding patient condition, treatment or discharge. * Ensures that patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital as well as at the time of discharge. Documentation * Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed. * Documentation reflects nursing process and interventions and evaluations taken. * Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care. Clinical Outcomes * Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other members of the health care team. * Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing completion by departmental competency validation. * Make comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes. * Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving. Workplace Safety * Adherence to LMP Workplace Safety principles and practices. * Applies standard precautions; maintains a safe environment for self and others Patient Care Experience * Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specified department. * Promptly answers call lights, alarms, and patient requests. * Makes appropriate referrals and facilitates the customers ability to utilize resources. * Maintains and protects patient confidentiality * Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment. * Treats all families of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness and compassion. * Provides an optimal patient care experience by actively listening to the needs of patients and family members and taking responsibility for meeting those identified needs. * Gives patients information in a way they can understand and ensures comprehension. * Provides a patient care experience that exceeds members expectations. Team Commitment * Viewed by others to be an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others. * Confronts difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance. * Takes accountability for own actions and accepts constructive criticism. * Acts as a resource, preceptor, and mentor to new employees, registry, students, and other team members. * Attends all mandatory meetings, in-services and staff meetings as required, actively participates in other departmental professional development. (Requirement may vary for per diem staff). * Participates with the assessment of current and future unit learning needs and development of an annual education plan. * Keeps self informed of activities on the unit and makes recommendations for change. * Adheres to Attendance Program. Reports to assigned area promptly, being present and available for report at beginning of assigned shift. * Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment through unit based teams. Fiscal Responsibility * Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime. * Identifies and assists in systems improvement that needs simplification or correction. * Utilizes payroll and non-payroll resources to their maximum potential. Experience Basic Qualifications: * Minimum six (6) months of experience required in an acute or sub-acute facility within the last three (3) years. Education * N/A License, Certification, Registration * Registered Nurse License (California) * Basic Life Support Additional Requirements * Basic arrhythmia required. Preferred Qualifications * N/A Notes * If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:30 pm-8:00 am, back up 8-hour shift will be 11:30 pm to 8:00 am.