ER RN at Scout Healthcare Staffing
chandler, AZ 85224
About the Job
Job Purpose:Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.Duties: * Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. * Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. * Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions. * Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. * Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies. * Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel. * Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations. * Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records. * Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs. * Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. title:nurse, registered * Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques. * Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results. * Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. * Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods. * Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.Skills/Qualifications:Clinical Skills, Bedside Manner, Infection Control, Nursing Skills, Physiological Knowledge, Administering Medication, Medical Teamwork, Multi-tasking, Listening, Verbal Communication, Health Promotion and Maintenance
Salary
60 - 65 /year