Registered Nurse / RN ER CCL
Company: UT Health Athens
Location: Athens
Posted on: September 18, 2023
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Job Description:
Overview
Join UT Health East Texas as a Full Time, Evenings Shift, ER RN!-
Cedar Creek Lake Advancing Healthcare Together The Future of
Healthcare is in East TexasWhy UT Health - East Texas?Our People.
Our people truly are our greatest strength. They make a massive
difference in the amazing care we provide every day. We work
closely together to create a positive experience for our patients
and each other.Our Purpose. We will build on your experience and
provide meaningful and purposeful career growth for your future.
You will have the opportunity every day to make a difference in
someone s life and change the course of healthcare.Our Place.
Athens, TX is a small town with a huge heart where you will have
the privilege of caring for your neighbors. Everybody is somebody
here.Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas
is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 50 clinics across east
Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed
in-patient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services
to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics,
Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS service in a
metropolitan service area of a quarter-million people. POSITION
SUMMARY:The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivery of patient
care through the nursing process of assessment, planning,
implementation, and evaluation. This position is responsible for
the following:
Responsibilities
What You Will Be Doing: Deliver individualized, goal-directed
nursing care using a systematic approach and according to standards
of care, facility's code of conduct compliance, and policy in
collaboration with patients and interdisciplinary healthcare team
members: Collect patient's health data. Analyze assessment data in
determining patient problems. Identify expected outcomes
individualized to the patient. Develop a comprehensive plan of care
that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Implement interventions identified in the plan of care. Evaluate
patient's progress toward attainment of outcomes. Assist with the
plan of care, evaluate, modify and coordinate care and communicate
well with other disciplines. Serve as a resource for learning needs
of patients, significant others, and families. Provide for the care
of multiple patients and/or delegation of care to other members of
the healthcare team. Supervise nursing care provided by others for
whom the RN is administratively or professionally responsible.
Delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel in compliance with the Board
of Nursing. Document relevant data according to hospital standards.
Conduct discharge planning, assisting the patient/significant
others to obtain knowledge about illness, injury prevention, and
teaching. Maintain confidentiality with all information.
Systematically evaluate quality and factors relating to safety,
effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care:
Participate in quality of care activities such as the
implementation of a continuous quality improvement plan and the
hospital wide performance improvement process, as appropriate to
position, education and practice environment. Utilize results of
quality of care activities to initiate changes in practice.
Implement Infection Control, Safety and Risk Management Programs in
all nursing practices. Demonstrate ability to adapt to varied
age-specific patient populations. Acquire and maintain current
knowledge in nursing practice, for example: Complete mandatory
annual Learning Management System modules in a timely manner.
Attend departmental meetings per policy. Contribute to professional
development of peers, colleagues and others, for example. Recognize
own learning needs and those of peers and assists in meeting those
needs to maximize professional development and optimal
medical/surgical nursing practice. Assume all other duties and
responsibilities as necessary:Identify and/or assume activities
related to developmental needs of unit and/or nursing department.
Demonstrate dependability/flexibility in meeting scheduling needs
of unit and/or hospital. Accept assignment as preceptor for new
staff. Assure supplies and equipment necessary for the care of
patients is readily available and in working order.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:Education:
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