Shift RN Job Description
Shift RN Duties & Responsibilities
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Shift RN Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Shift RN
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, ACLS, CPR, NRP, PALS, BCLS, JPS, IV, RN, HWC
Education for Shift RN
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the shift RN job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Collage and Associate Degree in Graduate, Nursing, Teaching, Patient Care, Education, Associates, School of Nursing, Nursing Program, Science, Professional Development
Skills for Shift RN
Desired skills for shift RN include:
Desired experience for shift RN includes:
Shift RN Examples
Shift RN Job Description
- Assisting physicians during examinations and procedures
- Performing various patient tests and administers medications within the scope of practice of the registered nurse
- Promoting patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills
- Coordinate and direct workflow throughout the care centers
- Provide input for evaluations as requested
- Assume primary responsibility for daily operational issues in the absence of Care Center Directors or Clinical Managers
- Review staffing patterns, census and acuity of nursing units to see that staffing is consistent with the patient needs and budgetary restraint
- Work in collaboration with Administrator on call for after hour issues
- Identifies types of orthopedic surgery and performs appropriate preoperative management and nursing care
- Responds to potential and/or actual emergency situations with direct and appropriate actions
- Must possess current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Michigan
- Knowledge of personal computers and proficient in computer related software skills Microsoft Office, Excel
- 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently (1/3 to 2/3 of the time), and/or
- Greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly (2/3 or more of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body
- This is a part time position for a bed coordinator
- This position focuses on admissions and transfers into FMC from outside sources while coordinating and overseeing project managers that focus on bed placement for internal sources
Shift RN Job Description
- Confirm bed availability, obtain hospital approval and notify receiving departments
- Assist in securing transportation
- Track transfer from time of call to patient arrival
- Provide immediate feedback to “close the loop”with all referring physicians and facilities
- Other Licensed Practical Nurse/Registered Nurse (LPN/RN) duties as assigned
- Be responsible for the management of the hospital during those hours when the nursing unit managers, other department managers and administration are not in house
- Be in charge of the general operation of the hospital
- Demonstrate a wide range of general nursing and unit specific skills, including application of the nursing process
- Provide leadership for the daily operations of the nursing units
- Provide input into and helps achieve unit goals
- Must have recent education and experience as a RN in Orthopedic Surgerical Care settings with a minimum of 1000 hours of orthopedic patient care within the previous three (3) years.Must have excellent customer service skills and ability to work with culturally diverse population
- Master's Degree in Nursing or a related field (must obtain within 1 year of hire)
- Active membership in professional organization
- Graduate of an approved/accredited nursing program either by a governmental authority, nursing board, or a licensing authority which has jurisdiction over approval/accreditation of nursing programs (Texas BON 217.1)
- BSN Degree or non-BSN RN will be required to pursue a BSN education and will sign an offer letter which commits the RN to complete the education within 5 years of hire date
- Current MN Nursing License
Shift RN Job Description
- Delivers, coordinates, and evaluates patient care through collaborative efforts with health team members in accordance with the nursing process and the standards of care and practices
- Ccurately completes glucometer testing and control monitoring according to procedure
- Provides on site management of the hospital or long term care during the off shift, normally when hospital or long term care management is not on site
- Manages the delivery of patient care and manages any issues that arise
- Manages occurrences during the sift ensuring appropriate documentation
- Facilitates professional collaboration with all staff and providers
- Assists staff in clinical problem solving
- Performing required health assessments for specified programs
- Conducting required screening tests such as drug and alcohol testing spirometry testing or audiometric testing
- Maintaining OSHA state and employee health records
- Must have four years of nursing experience to include direct patient care assessment
- Must pass typing test with minimum score of 20 words-per-minute and no more than 3 errors
- Must be able to demonstrate effective interpersonal and oral/written communication skills
- Must be able to communicate effectively, in English, to include but not limited to, communication via telephone, overhead paging and in person
- Must be able to demonstrate patient centered/patient valued behaviors and be capable of handling complex clinical care utilizing independent judgment
- Previous non-clinical leadership experience may substitute for up to one year of the required RN experience, at the discretion of the VP Nursing or Regional CNO and HR Director
Shift RN Job Description
- Participating in plant safety and ergonomic programs
- Assisting with health promotion education and training programs
- Identifying and assisting with workers compensation cases
- Assisting with maintenance and documentation of workers compensation files
- Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vison, Life, Disability, and many more!
- Tuition Reimbursement (if you're furthering your nursing degree!)
- Implements specific approaches to deal with behavior, documents behavior and enhances residents’ mood state according to resident care plan
- Oversees & assures short & long term Nursing Dept
- Facilitates units in emergency medical assessment & care of residents including interventions, transportation & other resources needed
- Other nursing duties as assigned
- Leadership experience examples may include, not limited to Charge Nurse experience, RN Lead experience, Preceptorship of new nurses, work on interdisciplinary teams or in department work, representing the unit either in the hospital, specialty or network within processes and within service areas, or representative participation in Councils or Congress
- OACLS (Preferred)
- OPALS (Preferred)
- Render Care to Patients of All Age Group
- WI RN or LPN license
- Occupational Health or Emergency Room experience a plus
Shift RN Job Description
- Performs assessments of employee-patient basedon his/her physical, psychological and cognitive status
- Plans proper nursing intervention, obtainsappropriate medical and support services
- Identifies learning needs of theemployee-patient
- Counsels appropriately
- Identifies employee’s needs for wellnesspromotion, developing and participating in employee education plans
- Evaluates employee-patient’s lab data, alertingappropriate personnel for abnormal results that threaten the individual and/orhospital staff and patients
- Maintains and seeks new technical skillsrelevant to the clinical setting
- Demonstrates an awareness and use of hospitalpolicy and procedure, regulatory and legal requirements in daily practice
- Participates in quality monitoring
- Participates on hospital committees and/or inorientation of new employees
- Minimum 5 years of progressive nursing experience
- ICU and ED background preferred
- Also you must have a current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
- Two years of medical experience is preferred, however not mandatory
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university or and accredited RN program
- 1+ year experience as a supervisor in a hospital, nursing care facility, or other related health care facility preferred