Job Summary :
To support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care through use of a combination of direct patient care, communication modes, and clerical functions.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
Fiscal Responsibility
- Efficiently use supplies and equipment
- Complete assignments and duties in a timely manner
- Leave shift on time and utilize time keeping system
- Demonstrate productivity and accepts EDO and float assignments
- Fill out appropriate work orders and support unit goals to eliminate waste
Quality
- Participate and appropriately documents per unit specific standards and remain up to date with policy changes
- Possess ability to problem solve and to multitask within their scope of practice
- Offer suggestions to improve unit flow and patient experience
- Accept delegation of tasks appropriately
- Engages in teamwork
Patient Satisfaction
- Promote patient satisfaction as exemplified by patient recognition, letters from patients and families, or SEA(Service Excellence Award)
- Timely response to patient needs
- Practice professional use of personal electronic devices in patient care areas and keep noise to a minimum at all times
- Exemplifies excellent guest relations to patients, family members, and visitors
- Purposeful patient rounding
Patient Safety
- Practice safe patient mobilization and incorporate fall prevention interventions
- Use 2 patient identifiers with all tasks and point of care testing
- Utilize the event management system for each unusual occurrence
- Adjust care routines to meet the individual patient needs in the role of UC or UCA as assigned
- Adhere to HIPAA and follow social media policy
Professional Growth
- Shares knowledge and skills with colleagues and others including orientation and cross-training
- Demonstrates leadership and be a resource for peers, be an active council member, be a super user, serve as a preceptor…
- Identifies professional needs and collaborates with management for learning opportunities for self and for the unit
- Participate in development and implementation of departmental goals
- Attend product practice change in-services
Customer Service
- Engage patients and their family
- Provide a professional and quiet patient environment, be flexible with assignments, staffing needs and assigned shifts
- Practice AIDET (Acknowledge, Identify, Duration, Explanation, Thank You)
- Promote commitment to co-workers, view all staff as part of an equal team and be approachable at all times, and maintain interdepartmental
- Relationships
- Provide holistic care for all types of diverse patient populations
Education and Experience Required:
- High School graduate or equivalent
- Basic BLS: must obtain within 3 months of hire
Work Shift :
Day Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours :
24
