Registered Nurse (RN), Pediatrics, Part-Time (Evenings/Nights)
Company: Lancaster General Health
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: May 6, 2024
Job Description:
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Job Description
Job Description
LOCATION: Lancaster, PA
HOURS: Part-Time (20 hours per week). Evening/Night Shift. Every
third weekend and every third holiday requirement.
SIGN ON BONUS: Up to $15,000 (based on FTE), with 2 year
commitment. Eligibility rules apply, including 15 months or greater
RN experience. External applicants only.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability
(with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following
duties:
- Incorporates the Lancaster General Health mission, vision and
values into planning patient care.
- Functions as an independent and interdependent member of the
health care team as defined in unit based Plan for Provision
ofCare.
- Performs patient assessments, focusing on physiologic,
psychological, and cognitive functions. Evaluates progress
towardattainment of outcomes and adapts the plan of care based on
recognized trends and changes. Collects and manages
comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the
situation.
- Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or
issues. Formulates age-appropriate and culturally and
ethicallysensitive plan of care
- Implements care in a knowledgeable manner and coordinates
patient care across several disciplines and among caregivers.
- Provides leadership to other members of the team by effectively
communicating expected standards of care and encouragingand
supporting team members and their contributions.
- Demonstrates an understanding of and a commitment to our values
of privacy, quality, respect, service and teamwork.
- Assigns, delegates, and supervises other employees and
intervenes as appropriate to assure that the plan of care is
carriedout, continuity of care is provided and that established
outcomes are achieved through availability and appropriated
utilization
of human, material and financial resources.
- Educates patients about healthy practices and treatment
modalities.
- Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of
nursing practices. Utilizes technology where appropriate.
- Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and
impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing
services.
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary
to the primary duties listed above:
- Manages rapidly changing situations following established
protocols, coordinating and accessing appropriate health
teammembers and resources, and documenting events.
- Participates in process improvement activities with an emphasis
on increasing continuity in the nurse to patient
relationship,minimizing rework and redundancies; constantly seeks
ways to improve processes, increase efficiency, finds solutions
to
current situations or develops new methods and procedures.
- Completes mandatory education and training that includes review
of age-specific needs, caring behaviors, and interpersonalskills as
defined by unit based Plan for Provision of Care.
- Maintains a safe working environment through compliance with
established evidence-based practice policies and proceduresand
timely reporting of safety variances.
- Projects pride in their work as exhibited in day-to-day
interactions with staff, coworkers, patients and all those they
come incontact with.
- Seeks experiences and formal and independent learning
activities to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills
andknowledge.
- Provides supervision, including guidance, counseling and
mentoring, to targeted peers and subordinates to enhance
thelearning experiences and improve the professional practice
environment within the designated work setting.
- Participates in the employee performance process related to
peers and subordinate team members; address employeeproblems,
complaints, disputes or requests as the first level of supervision;
evaluates their performance post hire.
- Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position
as required.
- Other duties as assigned. JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- RN licensure is required, issued by the PA Board of
Nursing.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or higher level nursing
degree is required. For Magnet designated RN positions, BSN or
higher level nursing degree is required for incumbents based upon
previously established parameters; or within two (2) years of
placement in position for incumbents who started after
07/01/2020.
- Completion of the Nurse Residency Program or more than 15
months of practice.
- CPR Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life
Support, formerly Healthcare Provider (AHA Heart Saver courses for
CPR are not accepted) required within 30 days of hire.
- A health care provider in good standing with Medicare,
Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs,
i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any
other federal or state health insurance program.PREFERRED
QUALIFICATIONS:
- As outlined in unit based Plan for Provision of Care.
COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS
Attention/Concentration:
- The position requires the ability to attend to a specific
stimulus without being distracted by extraneous environmental
stimuli. The individual must be able to attend to environmental
detail with the ability to separate essential from non-essential or
irrelevant stimuli. The attention skills required are generally
considered to be automatic passive, but focused with an intact
capacity for select perception.
New Learning and Memory:
- The position requires that an individual be able to learn new
tasks quickly and effectively. Job requirements change frequently.
The ability to understand and carry out detailed, involved
instructions is mandatory.
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Creative Thinking:
- The position deals with issues or problems that often require
thoughtful reasoning before arriving at approaches or solutions.
Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and
solutions is necessary. The individual must have the ability to
apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve
practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in
situations where only limited standardization exists.
APTITUDES: The following are essential requirements of the position
in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a
worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:
Leadership, control and planning: Ability to accept responsibility
for leadership, direction, control, planning, negotiating,
organizing, directing, supervising, formulating practices, or
making final decisions.
Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under
stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or
dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and
sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Is subject to
danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the
job.
Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often
changing from one task to another of a different nature without
loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences
in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors,
physical demands, or work situations.
Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly
and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical
information.
Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that
facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts;
to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
EQUIPMENT USAGE REQUIREMENTS
Equipment/Tools: Computer, Phone, Copier, Printer, Fax, Office
Supplies, Monitoring Equipment, Medical Equipment
Software: Microsoft Office Products, Currently used propriety
nursing software (applicable to unit)
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Rarely 0-10%; Occasionally 11-35%; Frequently 36-70%; Continuously
71-100%
Body Position/Movement:
- Sit: Occasionally
- Stand: Frequently
- Walk: Frequently
- Bend: Frequently
- Push: Frequently
- Pull: Rarely
- Kneel/Squat: Rarely
- Reach: Frequently
- Twist: Occasionally
- Balance: Frequently
- Climb: Rarely
Lifting: Degree of physical exertion is:
Heavy, exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to
20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force
constantly to move objects.
Sensory Abilities specifically required:
- Vision
- Hearing
- Touch/Feeling
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
WORKING CONDITIONS: Position involves exposure to the following
harmful elements:
- Bio hazardous Waste
- Blood borne Pathogens
- Radioactive Agents
Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be
construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills,
efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is
intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements
essential for recruitment and selection . click apply for full job
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