Registered Nurse II - 32 Hours -Day Shifts

The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital (LSH) is seeking experienced and committed Registered Nurses (RN II). The RN II is responsible for implementing the nursing process, and is responsible and accountable for assessing, prescribing, delegating, coordinating, providing, and improving acute and specialized nursing care. They also integrate PI concepts, standards of nursing care, hospital mission and applicable regulations. Provides care to clients from the community/DPH/DMH/DOC or DDS under the direction of the Nurse Manager/charge nurse. Provides leadership in organizing the delivery of patient care as team leader/charge nurse to assign, supervise, and evaluate the nursing care of LPN's, NA's and support staff according to their scope of practice and competence and according to department policies/procedures.

Please Note: 32 Hours (4-Day) position. Working every other weekend day, with days off as assigned

• Day: 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Initiates physical, psychosocial, and spiritual assessment of patients nursing care needs according to admission procedure and as specified per unit policy. 
• Develops a Plan of Care with patient, patient's significant others, multidisciplinary health care team, and other resources which supports the analysis of data collected and that reflects (a) formulated nursing diagnosis/identified patient needs/problems and standards of care (b) specific nursing intervention based on nursing diagnosis (c) patient/ significant other strengths (d) discharge needs of patient/significant others and (e) outcome measures with time frames for achievement. 
• Implements and documents nursing interventions as per plan of care and in accordance with nursing theory, LSH/Nursing Department/Unit policies and procedures, Joint Commission, DPH, and federal and state laws to insure safe and effective standards of nursing practice; transcribes accurately physician orders for medications/tests/interventions; administers and documents prescribed medications; monitors and documents response to medication and any adverse or toxic effects and follow-up action taken; communicates findings and results of monitoring to health care team. 
• Provides ongoing assessment and evaluation of patient status at specified times as per unit policy and to determine effectiveness of interventions, patient's response to treatment/ patient outcomes and/or when significant change occurs in patient condition and/or patient diagnosis and communicates changes in plan to patient/significant others and health care team. 
• Documents nursing care process and outcomes/situational occurrences in accordance with LSH/Nursing Department/Unit Policies/Procedures. 
• Assesses, identifies, and provides for education and training of patient/ patient's significant others to improve patient's health outcomes by assisting the patient/patient's significant others in gaining the knowledge and skills that facilitate understanding of health status, return to function, healthy behaviors, and that meets the ongoing health care needs of the patient. 
• Provides consistent leadership in organizing the delivery of care according to department standards by performing charge duties as delegated by nurse manager and assigns/supervises care delivered by LPN's and NA's according to department standards/policies/procedures. 
• Participates and contributes to departmental and hospital wide performance improvement activities/ risk management by assisting in data collection and a