Preferred Management

Rural hospital management and consulting

Registered Nurse

Nursing & Frontline Patient CarePosted on Nov 9

Full-timeWellington, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse licensure is required.
An entry-level degree or diploma in Nursing is required.
A Basic Life Support certificate is required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be completed within six months of hire.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course must be completed within six months of hire.
Trauma Nursing Core Course or Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses must be completed within eighteen months of hire, per Trauma Rules.
Forensic Evidence Collection Part 1 through Health.edu must be completed within two years of hire.
Forensic Evidence Collection Part 2 through Health.edu must be completed within two years of hire.
The employee must communicate verbally and in writing in English.
The employee must be competent in dosage calculations and basic statistical concepts.
The employee must respond to unusual or varied situations not covered by existing standards, procedures, and precedents.
The employee must be able to stand, walk, sit, ascend and descend stairs, handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must frequently be able to lift 25 pounds from floor to waist level and may occasionally need to assist with moving adult patients.
The employee must have close vision, the ability to clearly focus vision, and the hearing ability to use a stethoscope for breath sounds and Korotkoff sounds.
The employee must be competent in medical terminology, clinical skills, and the use of medical equipment.
The employee must understand interventions and evaluations of drug therapy, policies and procedures for reporting and releasing protected health information, infection control and prevention programs, and applicable nursing licensing requirements, practice acts, statutes, and rules.
The employee must maintain discretion and confidentiality in communications and maintain required certifications and continuing education.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, direct, provide, and evaluate care to maintain patient safety and improve health and well-being through the nursing process.
Provide oversight for nursing care processes performed by other nursing staff and oversee clinical care provided by nursing personnel and, when relevant, emergency medical services personnel.
Serve as a patient advocate, participate actively in patient care, and support family members.
Communicate with patients, families, ancillary personnel, and hospital departments to ensure continuity of care.
Complete comprehensive inpatient assessments upon admission and when a patient's condition changes, and complete focused patient assessments each shift.
Ensure Licensed Vocational Nurses and graduate nurses complete focused assessments throughout the shift.
Make patient assignments based on identified patient needs and documented nursing personnel competencies.
Establish, implement, evaluate, and document patient plans of care and services.
Provide education to staff, patients, and family members to improve health care delivery.
Administer blood and blood-product transfusions and medications as needed.
Triage patients, assess and record their history, signs, and symptoms, and evaluate and report patient status using a standardized format.
Perform point-of-care diagnostic tests, including electrocardiograms and glucometer readings.
Continuously monitor whether medical providers' orders for patient care are being carried out and inform providers of changes in patient status.
Interact continuously with patients, family members, medical providers, and ancillary personnel.
Carry out procedures for admitting, transferring, or discharging patients.
Comply with the practice standards of the state board of nursing.
Perform other duties as assigned, requested, or required.

Desired Qualifications

Basic Neonatal Resuscitation Program is preferred.

Description

SUMMARY: Plan, organize, direct, provide and evaluate care needed to maintain safety and improve the health and well being of patients through the implementation of the nursing process. Provides oversight for all nursing care processes provided by other members of the nursing staff. Serve as patient advocate and be actively involved in the care of the patient and support of family members. Communicate effectively for continuity of care among patients, families, ancillary personnel and hospital departments.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Competent in medical terminology.
Knowledgeable about the interventions and evaluations of drug therapy.
Maintain discretion and confidentiality in communications.
Knowledgeable about policies and procedures regarding reporting and release of protected health information (PHI).
Competent in clinical skills and use of medical equipment.
Knowledgeable of Infection Control and Prevention Programs.
Knowledge of licensing requirements, nursing practice act, statutes and rules applicable to nursing.
Maintain certifications and continuing education requirements needed to perform job.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Completes comprehensive assessment of inpatients upon admission and change in condition.
Completes a focused assessment of patients each shift.
Assures the completion of focused assessment throughout shift by Licensed Vocational Nurses and graduate nurses.
Makes patient assignments in accordance with identified patient needs and documented competencies of nursing personnel.
Establish, implement, evaluate and document patient plan of care and services.
Provide education to staff, patient and family members promoting improvements in health care delivery.
Administers transfusions of blood and blood products and patient medication administration as needed.
Advocate for patient.
Triage, assess and record patient’s history, signs and symptoms.
Evaluate and report patient status according to standardized format.
Perform point of care diagnostic tests, such as, EKG and glucometer readings.
Continually monitor to assure medical provider’s orders for the patient’s care are being carried out.
Inform medical provider of any changes in patient status.
Provides oversight of nursing personnel (and EMS personnel, if relevant) and all clinical care provided.
Interact with patients, family members, medical providers and ancillary personnel on a continuous basis.
Carry out procedures for admitting, transferring or discharging patients.
Knows and complies with practice standards of the state board of nursing.
Miscellaneous duties as assigned requested or required.

Requirements

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Current Registered Nurse licensure
Entry Level Degree or Diploma in Nursing
Life Support (BLS) certificate
Successful completion of the following courses:
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), obtained within six (6) months from date of hire
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), obtained within six (6) months from date of hire OR Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC), obtained within six (6) months from date of hire
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), per Trauma Rules obtain within eighteen (18) months from date of hire OR Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN), per Trauma Rules obtain within eighteen (18) months from date of hire
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Basic preferred
Forensic Evidence Collection Part 1 through Health.edu, obtained within two years from date of hire
Forensic Evidence Collection Part 2 through Health.edu, obtained within two years from date of hire

LANGUAGE/READING SKILLS:

Communicate verbally and in writing in English.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Competent in dosage calculations.
Basic statistical concepts.

REASONING ABILITY: Responds to unusual or varied situations that are not covered by existing standards, procedures and precedents.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, ascend and descend stairs, possess ability to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms.

Frequently be able to lift 25 pounds from the floor to waist level and may occasionally be required to assist moving adult patients. Specific vision abilities include close vision and the ability to clearly focus vision. Specific hearing abilities using the stethoscope for breath sounds and Korotkoff sounds.

About the Company

Preferred Management

Rural hospital management and consulting

Preferred Management supports rural hospitals and clinics with management, consulting and operational leadership. Its work includes finance, strategic planning, rural health clinic development, performance improvement and interim administration for community healthcare organizations. The company helps local boards and leadership teams navigate the distinctive reimbursement, staffing and service challenges of rural care. It is a healthcare management partner rather than a hospital chain, with services tailored to strengthening locally governed facilities and sustaining access in smaller communities.

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