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Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

Registered Nurse - Float Pool

Nursing & Frontline Patient CarePosted on Nov 5
Full-timeHomewood, AL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
  • Meet all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and the unit or department.
  • Maintain a current State of Alabama registered nurse license or valid multistate registered nurse license.
  • Maintain current Basic Life Support/Healthcare Provider certification.
  • Have one year of experience, unless approved by an Assistant Vice President level or above.

Responsibilities

  • Assess patients’ needs and develop or revise individualized plans of care based on patient needs and responses; evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
  • Build respectful relationships with team members and customers while respecting diversity.
  • Serve as a patient and family advocate.
  • Provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served in the assigned unit or department.
  • Serve as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician.
  • Communicate and collaborate with medical staff and the interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit or department.
  • Serve as a role model for staff and support the hospital’s and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
  • Apply knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan, assess data reflecting patient status, and interpret information needed to identify age-specific patient requirements.
  • Coordinate care and delegate as appropriate for a defined group of patients.
  • Document patient care consistently and skillfully in compliance with required and regulatory standards, including patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
  • Demonstrate competency in nursing skills and use of patient-care and unit equipment as defined by unit- or department-specific required skills.
  • Prioritize patient care continuously in accordance with evidence-based practice standards of care.
  • Identify and resolve problems effectively.
  • Delegate tasks and duties to healthcare team members according to patient needs and team members’ capabilities and qualifications.
  • Communicate appropriate information about patient conditions or unit concerns to other healthcare team members.
  • Provide compassionate care and a therapeutic environment for patients and their families.
  • Demonstrate awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.
  • Collaborate with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students.
  • Maintain compliance with all Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and procedures.
  • Partner with the nursing leadership team to identify professional development needs.

About the Company

Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

Baptist Health is a faith-based nonprofit health system caring for communities across Central and Northeast Alabama. Its hospitals, emergency services, physician practices and outpatient clinics combine acute, primary and specialty care, including heart, cancer, surgical, diagnostic and women's services. Baptist Health Medical Group includes community-based physician practices alongside hospital and specialty care, extending services beyond inpatient stays. The system is part of Orlando Health, a nonprofit academic health organization whose network spans Florida, Puerto Rico and Alabama. Baptist Health traces its roots to a hospital ministry founded by Birmingham-area Baptist congregations in 1922.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
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Founded
1922

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