Staff Nurse - Stead Family Children’s Hospital – Leukemia/Lymphoma L11 Clinic

Sign-on incentive: Qualified candidates are eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $10,000

Characteristic Duties of our Staff Nurses include but are not limited to:       

• Incorporates scientific, behavioral and humanistic principles for application to clinical practice.
• Utilizes, adheres and supports departmental standards and practice guidelines.
•  Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness. 
• Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.

• Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.

• Triages needs for inpatient and outpatient consults, tracks patient information.

• Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses.  Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.

• Engage with patients and families to assist with acute interventions.

• Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
• Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care
• Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.  Follows universal precautions.
• Implements emergency care procedures in potential or actual emergencies according to departmental policies, procedures and protocols.
• Evaluates patient's response to multidisciplinary care.
• Uses evaluation data to revise and implement change.
•  Assumes accountability for the provision of care for patients. 
• Participates in projects/committees for enhanced functioning of the unit and supports unit level decision-making.
• Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of an interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Participates in ongoing strategic planning process.
• Participates in the development and implementation of computer applications.
• Performs other projects or tasks as assigned.
• Develops and implements patient/family teaching plan based on identified health education needs and the condition and age of the patient.
• Educate families and patients on upcoming appointments, treatment plans and testing.
• Evaluates and documents effectiveness of patient/family teaching.  Revises plan of care.
• Participates in the orientation of new nursing staff and the ongoing education of nursing personnel, as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
• Participates in formal and informal teaching with health care students.
• Serves as clinical teaching assistant for senior level nursing students as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
• Applies quality improvement principals to improve patient outcomes.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Responsible for identification of improvement opportunities.

Functions as a patient advocate.