Registered Nurse (RN) - Ortho Trauma - Med. Surg. Unit 5WE - St. Elizabeth Youngstown

Thank you for considering a career at Mercy Health!

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

Work Shift:

Nights (United States of America)

*Flexible Self Scheduling to live the life you deserve

*Sign on Bonus for night shift with 2 year commitment

*Referral Bonus programs

*Paid Time Off

*Excellent Health Benefits (UMR)

*Unlimited Tuition Reimbursement through Guild Education (only an 18 month commitment)

Unit Information: 5WE Ortho-Trauma Med. Surg. Unit

• 31- bed unit featuring
• 9 semi -private rooms and 14 privates.
• We are a med surg unit with the emphasis on Ortho/Trauma.
• We get a wide variety of patients with an array of diagnosis.
• Our team of RN's is made up of the perfect mix of longevity and new nurses, ranging from New grads to 42 plus years experience. 
• A Blue- Ribbon Unit that prides ourselves in giving the best clinical experience to our nursing students. Our nurses love to precept and work with new to practice RN's, SNE's and NER's.
• Our unit is great to obtain a wide variety of skills and time management.
• We are a closed unit- this means that our RN's do not get pulled to other units. We pride ourselves on Team- work and welcome all new nurses to our unit.
• trauma patients- with multiple fractures-  many who transfer from ICU to us.  
• We deal with DVT’s, Infections, GI surgery, Amputation, Diabetic wounds- a wide variety of pts.

We'd love to have you join us!

Summary of Primary Function/General Purpose of Position
The Registered Nurse Medical/Surgical functions as a care provider of a multidisciplinary care team responsible for the delivery of patient care through using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN possesses the basic knowledge of a patient's age and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care, demonstrates strong skills related to effective time management and prioritizing patient care, contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement initiatives, collaborates with other professional disciplines, and supports the mission of the ministry to provide physical and psychological support to patients and families.      

Essential Job Functions                                                         
In collaboration with members of interdisciplinary teams, the RN establishes goals and strategies for meeting the discharge or continuing care needs with the patient. The RN performs and documents complete patient assessments, initiates and maintains current nursing care plans for all assigned patients, identifies patient learning needs to provide individualized and comprehensive teaching, administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures, serves as a point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout the hospital departments, acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department, and serves as a patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.   

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

Licensing/Certification
Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)
BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care; ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support acceptable in lieu of BLS)
Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification RN-BC (Registered Nurse - Board Certified) (preferred)
CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred)
PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred)
CMSRN Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (preferred)
National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)

Education
Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)

Experience

One year of RN experience (required)

Six months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

Skills
• Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff.
• Orients, facilitates learning experience, and provides education (based upon quality improvement indicators, ou