Job Description

Description

SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time

Registered Nurse (RN)

Medical-Surgical 5th Floor

Full-Time Days FTE 0.9

University Hospital and Medical Center

Tamarac, FL

Facility Description:

University Hospital and Medical Center is a 317-bed acute care hospital offering a wide range of surgical and medical services Since opening in 1974, we have distinguished ourselves as a leader in breakthroughs in orthopedic care as well as joint replacement. We continue to build on this tradition in our Orthopedic and Spine Institute. Our Center for Behavioral Health offers inpatient child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric services while our outpatient services include a Partial hospitalization program (PHP), an intensive outpatient program (IOP), and a 24-hour behavioral health support hotline. They are also a certified Baker Act receiving facility. University is licensed by Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration and certified by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center. Our family-friendly ER provides expert, compassionate care for patients of all ages and special accommodations for seniors. Other specialty services include a wound care center as well as comprehensive diagnostic services accredited in multiple modalities including pediatric CT imaging by the American College of Radiology.

We continue a proud tradition of providing high-quality personalized care in our local community. Explore possibilities to join our team where colleagues are valued and pledge to treat one another with loyalty, respect, and dignity.

Benefits:

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary, excellent benefits package, and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, and employee stock purchase program. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.

Job Description:

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to work in our Medical-Surgical Unit. There are 40 beds in the unit. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6. The Registered Nurse must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs. As a Registered Nurse (RN), some of your primary responsibilities will be to:

* Demonstrate leadership in upholding Standards of Care and Performance.
* Demonstrate ability to perform an assessment, interventions, care, treatment, and education based on defined age-specific annual competency.
* Demonstrate awareness of and respect for patient/family needs in relation to rights, confidentiality, privacy, security, complaint resolution, and spiritual and cultural needs.
* Address all patients by preferred name, introduces self, and states the purpose of visit.
* Continuously prioritizes patient needs based on interpretation of data, assessment/reassessment, and initiate appropriate measures including reporting variations of diagnostic studies/change in condition.
* Monitor patient response to the current plan of care and partner with Physician toward goal achievement.
* Demonstrate knowledge of and complies with infection control policies as applicable.
* Document pertinent nursing notes to reflect: change in condition, transfer, and discharge.
* Review routine physician orders within two (2) hours and accurately transcribes them to MAR. Initiates STAT orders within one (1) hour.
* Identify and document patient/family education in collaboration with other disciplines and implements initial and ongoing education relevant to those needs based on disease process, diet, pain management, medication, medical equipment, and continuing care needs every shift.
* Demonstrate knowledge of specific disease processes, treatment, intervention, and response based on age specificity.
* Assess for pain, intervenes, and monitors level as per policy.
* Accurately complete intra-facility transfer form at the time of transfer.
* Demonstrate knowledge of the need to report actual and potential patient safety issues to supervisor and through the facility occurrence reporting system as evidenced by verbalizing examples of reportable patient safety issues.
* Demonstrate ability to report a medical/healthcare error and safety issues as evidenced by appropriate occurrence report entry.
* Document clearly, legibly, and accurately.
* Adhere to all hospital policies.

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Qualifications

* Licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Florida or Recognized Compact Licensure (subject to Florida State Licensing Requirements, including/not limited to ongoing eligibility and duration provisions).
* American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support Course (ALS or ACLS) and certification.
* American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and certification.
* American Red Cross or American Heart Association Pediatric Life Support Course (PALS)and certification.
* 2 Year Associate Degree in Nursing (ASN) required.
* 4 Year Bachelor Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
* 1-2 Years of Registered Nurse (RN) experience in an acute care setting.

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