Registered Nurse - Charlotte, NC, United States - Atrium Health

Description

Atrium Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Resource for a nursing job in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Resource
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Staff

Overview

Job Summary

Assists in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. Maintains a clean, safe patient environment and performs job responsibilities in a safe manner. Completes clerical support functions and performs related Nurse Aide I or Nurse Aide II duties appropriate to the level of Nurse Aide listing with the state.

Essential Functions

• Provides direct patient care as delegated by the Registered Nurse.
• Communicates with patients, visitors, physicians, nursing personnel, and various team members.
• Notifies the physicians of admission, consultation, and other pertinent information as instructed by the Registered Nurse.
• Completes computer data entry requirements which include order entry, cancellation of procedures, and miscellaneous billing as required.
• Reviews census, patient type and accommodation codes and updates.
• Files results and reports and related chart forms in the patient record.
• Maintains scheduled surgeries, procedures, tests, and pertinent calls to make as required by the unit/department.
• Maintains reports and logs appropriate to the patient care area and prints reports for manager and charge nurse.
• Communicates new orders and/or patient requests to the responsible nurse or healthcare team member and follows up with the registered nurse for order verification completion.
• Utilizes patient labels to identify all related chart forms, requisitions, and identification tags with the correct patient's name, history, and account number.
• Performs a verbal or written handoff of pertinent information at the end of each shift with the oncoming unit secretary, healthcare technician, nurse aide, and charge nurse.
• Prepares and assists with transferring patients, equipment, supplies, or specimens.

Physical Requirements

Works consistently requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling . Must be able to lift and support weight of 35 pounds in handling patient, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak good, basic English. Intact senses of sight, hearing, smell and touch. Must have manual finger dexterity.

Education, Training, and Experience

High school diploma or GED required. Must have completed and approved Nurse Aide Training Program or be a student nurse, meeting the listing requirements of the DFS Nurse Aide Registry. Current listing with DFS Nurse Aide Registry as a Nurse Aide I. May also be a Nurse Aide II.

Minimum of 1-2 years of Acute Care experience preferred

Patient Population Served

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.

Protected Health Information

• Will limit access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job.
• Will share information only on a need-to-know basis for work purposes.
• Access to verbal, written and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on job level and job responsibility within the organization. Computerized access to PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID and password.

Machines, Tools, and Equipment

Blood pressure manometer, stethoscope, thermometer, personal protective, personal protective equipment, wheelchairs, stretchers, utility cars, and related clinical equipment, along with a keyboard, computer terminal and printer, FAX machine, telephones, copier, intercom, and materials transport system.

Atrium Health feeds Job ID # Posted job title: Nurse Aide / Healthcare Tech - Acute Care - Resource Team - FT - Nights

About Atrium Health

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health is now part of Advocate Health , the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. In the Southeast Region, Atrium Health provides care under the Atrium Health name in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, NC, region, as well as Atrium Health Navicent and Atrium Health Floyd in Georgia and Alabama. Together, we are committed to providing equitable care for all. Annually, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in community benefits.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Atrium Health Navicent

Atrium Health Navicent is the leading provider of healthcare in central and south Georgia and is committed to its mission of elevating health and well-being through compassionate care. Atrium Health Navicent is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Navicent provides high-quality, personalized care in 53 specialties at more than 50 facilities throughout the region. As part of the largest, integrated, nonprofit health system in the Southeast, it is also able to tap into some of the nation's leading medical experts and specialists with Atrium Health, allowing it to provide the best care close to home - including advanced innovations in virtual medicine and care. Throughout its 125-year history in the community, Atrium Health Navicent has remained dedicated to enhancing health and wellness for individuals throughout the region through nationally recognized quality care, community health initiatives and collaborative partnerships. It is also one of the leading teaching hospitals in the region, helping to ensure viability for rural health care for the next generation.

Atrium Health Floyd

Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center is a 304-bed, full-service hospital located in Rome, Georgia. Serving as the main campus for Atrium Health Floyd, this hospital provides a certified Chest Pain Center, a designated Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Atrium Health Floyd also is home to a state-designated Level II Trauma Center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and has specialty centers for pediatrics, and wound care and hyperbaric therapy.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• Life insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account