Charge Nurse I: 2 North Cardiac Telemetry Part-time - Tulsa, OK, United States - Saint Francis Health System

Description

Part Time

Job Summary:
Coordinates activities of personnel on assigned shift(s) to maintain continuity of care, patient flow and throughput accountability.

Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing and hospital standards and unit policies and procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Minimum Education:

Has completed the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing, and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification:
Work Experience: - 2 years related experience.
Demonstrates ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations.

Demonstrates the ability to facilitate communication between nursing and other departments of the facility to ensure continuity and collaboration of services.

Demonstrates knowledge of policy and procedures related to education, human resources, safety, fire/emergency preparedness, infection control, MSDS.

Demonstrates knowledge of the delivery of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.

Knowledge of principles and methods of management and effective supervision, of organization standards for facility and departmental regulations, policies, and procedures and professional psychiatric nursing theory, practices, techniques and procedures.

Knowledge of a wide range of psychosocial, cognitive and/or developmental disorders. Basic PC skills as required for electronic documentation and data review.
Uses the nursing process and physician orders to develop individualized patient care plans. Provides care/interventions based upon the individual care plan; Participates in discharge planning. Assists in guiding/directing nursing staff in utilizing these processes. Documents steps in the nursing process in the medical record utilizing appropriate medical terminology and hospital-approved abbreviations. Complies with all health system, hospital and unit safety guidelines.

Coordinates maintenance of safe and satisfactory environmental conditions for staff and patients through continuous monitoring of unit for compliance with safety and infection control programs, policies, and procedures.

Verbalizes understanding of patient safety goals as applicable to unit. Applies teaching/learning principles in the promotion of patient health education based upon identified goals.

Provides patient/family education throughout hospital stay and at time of discharge to address learning needs associated with tests, procedures, hospital routine, medications post-discharge care, etc.

Assists in guiding/directing nursing staff in utilizing these processes.

Investigates patient and staff complaints; investigates patient care incidents and reports to nurse manager; Completes variance reports according to established guidelines to document unusual occurrences.

Meets system, hospital and unit-specific competencies annually. Supports system/hospital/unit goals by attending staff meetings, in-services and educational offerings.


Participates in:
economical utilization of supplies and ensures that equipment is maintained in a clean/safe manner; performance improvement process by assisting in monitoring quality, appropriateness, patient care; projects/processes designed to improve patient outcomes


Decision Making:
Independent judgment in planning sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.
Has input on performance evaluations but does not prepare or give. Works with internal customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Supplemental Information:

This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job.

Cardiology Services General A - Yale Campus

Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Use and Patient Protection Act (OMMA), a safety sensitive position is defined as any job that includes tasks or duties that the employer believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others.

This statute allows employers to lawfully refuse to hire applicants for safety-sensitive jobs or to discipline or discharge employees who work in safety-sensitive jobs if they test positive for marijuana, even if they have a valid license to use medical marijuana.

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