Registered Nurse III - Primary Care Multi-Site

Job Title: Registered Nurse III - Primary Care Multi-Site

Location: Canandaigua Family & Lifestyle Medicine, Valley View Family Practice - Rushville, and Penn Yann Primary Care

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8-4:30pm

SUMMARY:

The R.N. III maintains quality patient care through consistent standards of nursing practice in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. Utilizes the nursing process: assess, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate to execute appropriate individual patient care. Responsible for orientation, training/precepting, and mentoring of other staff on the unit. The R.N. is instrumental in providing an exceptional experience for patient and family.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides high-quality, patient-centered, clinical care:

Assessment:

•Performs initial and ongoing assessment of the patient, utilizing appropriate data (i.e. physical, psychological, educational and risk-screen data appropriate for the chronological / developmental age of the patient).

•Demonstrates very good clinical judgment and advanced assessment skills in responding to priority patient needs.

•Communicates and documents assessment of patient with the interdisciplinary team. Utilizes all available resources in order to meet the needs of the patient and family.

Planning:

•Develops and documents plan of care, treatment and services which is individualized and appropriate for the patient needs, strengths, limitations and goals.

•Includes the interdisciplinary health team as needed.

•Demonstrates effective communication with patient / family and interdisciplinary team.

Implementation:

•Provides care, treatment and services in collaboration with interdisciplinary health team.

•Maintains an appropriate nurse-patient relationship.

•Complies with organizational policies, procedures and protocols including policies governing safety, medication administration and documentation.

•Initiates and documents individualized education plan for the patient and family based on identified learning needs.

Evaluations:

•Evaluates, communicates and documents patient responses to care.

•Revises plan of care based on ongoing evaluations and updates documentation appropriately.

Education:

•Ensures the patient and family receive and understand education / training specific to their needs and abilities using the teach back method for evaluation and documents appropriately.

Demonstrates compassion, leadership and professionalism:

•Assumes responsibility and accountability on the unit / patient care team.

•Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team.

•Demonstrates understanding of variable staffing patterns and manages to productivity targets.

•Actively participates on a unit based or hospital wide committee.

•Actively participates in at least one performance improvement activity either unit-based or hospital-based annually.

•Demonstrates knowledge of legal aspects of nursing as evidenced by documentation and professional behaviors.

•Delegates appropriate responsibilities to assigned nurses and ancillary staff.

•Demonstrates ability to manage job related stressors and constructive feedback during intra/interdepartmental relations.

•Demonstrates flexibility in meeting staffing needs throughout the organization.

•Participates in problem-solving activities at the unit level by identifying the problem and collaboratively working toward resolution.

•Provides input regarding protocols, policies and procedures to immediate supervisor.

Performance improvement / evidence based practice / research

•Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based practice within specialty area and identifies opportunities for performance improvement.

•Participates and utilizes the performance improvement process to improve clinical practice.

•Completes at least one clinical research utilization (CRU) form for submission to Nursing Research Department utilizing a research article from the last 5 years from research performed in the United States.

Compliance

•Annually meets the minimum requirements of the R.N III according to the clinical ladder policy.

•Completes mandatory in-services and health screens in timely manner.

•Completes Preceptor Training.

•Maintains Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Training / Precepting

•Provides training / precepting for new team members on the unit.

•Demonstrates ability to interact and communicate effectively with nursing students and other students shadowing on the unit.

•Provides mentoring to others on the unit to ensure the best