Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Registered Nurse - Med Surg

Nursing & Frontline Patient CarePosted on Nov 5

Full-timeMorristown, VT, USA$33.05 - $56.45 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

An Associate Degree or certification equivalent is required.
Current Vermont licensure and Basic Life Support (BLS) are required.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate the unit-specific skills required for the assigned service area.
Integrate knowledge of the patient populations served, apply expected norms when planning interventions, and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the unit's patient population.
Meet hospital standards for telephone etiquette, customer service, professional comportment, inter- and intradepartmental relations, confidentiality, corporate compliance, patient and provider rights, occurrence reporting, quality improvement, and the Code of Conduct.
Develop and maintain therapeutic relationships, adapt care for diverse populations, assist colleagues with care delivery, and refer concerns to the appropriate resource.
Incorporate teaching into care, support health promotion and disease prevention, provide information to patients and families, assess barriers to learning, and use colleagues as learning resources.
Provide age-specific care to patients ranging from infants and children through adults and older adults, and complete competency verification.
Manage time and resources, organize a multitask workload, adapt to assignment changes, use supplies appropriately, and request assistance when needed.
Coordinate care within the multidisciplinary team, communicate professionally, and clarify the scope of practice for self and others.
Support the organization's stated values of compassion, respect for human dignity, professional competence, service, honesty, confidentiality, and stewardship.
During critical care transport, provide direct care to ill or injured patients according to EMS transport and treatment protocols and the transferring physician's orders; assess, treat, and monitor patients during interfacility transports.
Participate in continuing and mandatory education, document attendance, complete annual reviews and required training, maintain BLS renewal, meet attendance and punctuality expectations, and attend or retrieve information from unit meetings.
Apply critical thinking, integrate information from multiple sources, consider alternatives, and seek assistance or information appropriately.
Communicate accurately and promptly with patients, team members, and management; report relevant data, complete forms and charting, protect confidentiality, and review communications.
Apply age-specific safety practices during disasters or evacuations, patient transfers, security-risk reduction, use of restraints or immobilization devices, and equipment use.
Perform nursing assessments and interventions including medical asepsis, physical assessment, monitoring, pain management, reporting, therapeutic interventions, medication administration, IV line management, care-plan evaluation and revision, procedures, and medical technology.

Desired Qualifications

A minimum of one year of experience is preferred.

Overview

Copley Hospital, located in Morrisville/Stowe VT, is in search of a Registered Nurse to join our team on the Inpatient Med Surg Unit. This is a 21 bed acuity adaptable unit serving medical/surgical and progressive care patients. The scope of service includes providing post-operative surgical care for patients who have undergone orthopedic joint replacements, abdominal surgery, genitourinary surgery, as well as medical managementfor diabetic, cardiac, gastrointestinal, trauma, neurological, and respiratory patients requiring admission. Patients may be monitoredby telemetry. Progressive care patients need close monitoring and frequent assessment, but who aren't unstable enough to require ICU care. Delivery of age specific, direct patient care. The RN provides nursing care to patients utilizing the Nursing process and within the framework of the Department of Nursing Standards of Patient Care and Specialty Specific Standards of Patient Care. The RN assumes leadership responsibilities, which includes delegation of work to other levels of employees. Compliance with all applicable State and Federal laws, regulations, and policies governing the provision of health care.

This is a Full-Time position (PT available).

Copley Hospital has a variety of shifts available across Full-Time, Part-Time, and Per Diem needs. Please consider applying to discuss how your availability may align.

Compensation: $33.05-56.45/hour.

The posted salary range reflects base compensation for candidates with a variety of experience. An offer within this range may be presented based on experience.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates the unit specific skills requisite for assigned service area.
Integrates various aspects of specific knowledge for the patient populations served within unit area of hire: applies knowledge of expected norms in planning interventions. Demonstrates integration of knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patient populations served in unit of care.
Meets Copley Hospital standards related to: telephone etiquette, customer service, comportment, inter intra departmental relations, confidentiality, corporate compliance, patient provider rights, UOR reporting mechanism, QI, Code of Conduct.
Develops and maintains human care relationships & integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness &/or healing. Adapts care for diverse populations, assists colleagues with care delivery, refers all concerns/issues to appropriate resource.
Incorporates teaching in delivery of care and demonstrates competence in health promotion & disease prevention. Provides information to patient family appropriately, assesses for barriers to learning, uses colleagues as a learning resource.
The specific patient population may include infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. Competency verification.
Manages self and resources effectively. Organizes multitask workload, accepts changes in assignment, utilizes supplies appropriately, requests assistance appropriately.
Applies leadership skills appropriately. Coordinates care within the multi-disciplinary team, interacts in a professional manner, communicates directly, verbalizes scope of practice for self and others.
Supports the organizational values: Compassion and respect for Human Dignity, Commitment to Professional Competence, Commitment to a spirit of service, Honesty, Confidentiality, and Good Stewardship careful administration.
Critical Care Transport: Provide direct patient care to the ill and injured during the transport along with the EMS transport and treatment protocols. Functions under written and standing orders of the transferring physician. Performs assessments, treats and monitors patients during inter-facility transports.
Education, attendance, punctuality, meetings: Participates in continuing education programs & mandatory education to maintain competence and gain additional skills & documents attendance. Completes annual review and or training i.e. Healthstream topics, mandatory education, BLS renewal, etc. Attendance & punctuality expectations met. Attends unit staff mtgs or retrieves info from the same.
Applies critical thinking knowledge, integration skills and considers alternatives in a multitask workload. Collects integrates data from multiple sources, seeks assistance information appropriately.
Communicates with patients, team members, and management in an accurate, timely manner. Reports pertinent data, completes forms and charting, protects confidentiality, attends staff meetings or retrieves information from same, reads communications.
Identifies & applies age specific safety needs when performing job duties in the following circumstances: disaster/evacuation, transfer of patients, minimizing security risks, restraints/immobilization devices, use of equipment.
Incorporates appropriate assessment and intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care: medical asepsis, physical assessment, monitoring, pain management, reports, therapeutic interventions, medication administration, IV lines management, evaluation & revisions of plan of care, procedures, & medical technology.

Qualifications

Associate Degree (or certification equivalent).
Minimum of one year experience preferred.
Current Vermont licensure and BLS.

About the Company

Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Copley Hospital is a not-for-profit critical access hospital that serves Lamoille County and north central Vermont with inpatient and outpatient medical care, including a 24-hour emergency department and the Copley Birthing Center. Care is delivered by a 75-member medical staff in a small, warm, patient-centered setting with state-of-the-art facilities. What sets Copley apart is its not-for-profit mission to treat all patients regardless of ability to pay, strong focus on patient experience, and recognition such as Hospital of the Year and top national rankings. Its goal is to provide accessible, high-quality medical care to the community while maintaining personalized service and continued patient satisfaction.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Morristown, VT
Founded: 1932

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