staff nurse, wound healing - , OH, United States - Fisher-Titus Health

Description

Caring For the Community You Love

Choose a career to make a difference in people's lives every day, choose Fisher-Titus

Perks of working at Fisher-Titus:

• Hours of Work- PRN
• Comprehensive Benefits Package- Medical & Dental coverage, 401K match, paid time off, tuition assistance and more
• Shift, Weekend & PRN differential

About Fisher-Titus:

Fisher-Titus proudly serves the greater Huron County area's 70,000-plus residents by providing a full continuum of health and wellness care from heart and cancer care to outpatient services such as lab, imaging, and physical rehabilitation.

Vision: Be the first choice for healthcare and employment within our community

Mission: Deliver compassionate and convenient care to the highest level of excellence that promoteslifelong health and wellness for our community

General Summary:

Under the direction of the Manager, Center for Wound Healing, the Staff Nurse manages individualized, goal-directed nursing care through use of the nursing process and the principles of primary nursing in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Assesses and diagnoses patient and family needs to provide quality care to assigned patients.
• Demonstrates the skills and judgement necessary to implement nursing intervention, and procedures as necessary for the care of the patient.
• Develops, discusses, and communicates a realistic problem list (plan of care) for each patient, in collaboration with each patient/family/significant other to address all identified needs.
• Evaluates the identified problems, care provided, and patient's responses are reassessed in order to meet patient and family needs to ensure overall quality of care delivery.
• Maintains up to date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team, to ensure quality care.
• Efficiency in job role
• Provides coverage for hyperbaric treatment as assigned, if applicable.
• Completes three Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Treatments per quarter, one daily start up, one daily shut down, and one weekly chamber check per quarter.
• Attends all required safety training programs and can describe responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety and specific job related hazards.
• Follows the hospital exposer control plans/bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
• Promotes effective working relationships and works effectively as part of a department/unit team intra and interdepartmentally to facilitate the departments/units ability to meet its goals and objectives.