Registered Nurse

Company: Lancaster General Health
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: September 24, 2024

Job Description:

**Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague Summary**

Seeking a skilled Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague to provide patient care through the application of the nursing process, working closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum.

Job Description

Responsibilities

* Assume responsibility and accountability as defined by the American Nurses Association standards of nursing practice
* Provide patient care through the application of the nursing process, accepting accountability for the nursing care of assigned patients
* Work closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum
* Focus on expanding the knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations of assigned patients
* Seek feedback in assuming leadership roles and provide feedback for improved clinical practice
* Demonstrate how nursing practice impacts the organizational vision, mission, and goals and the care delivery system
* Comply with all regulations and standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies

Essential Functions

* Incorporate the Lancaster General Health mission, vision, and values into planning patient care
* Function as an independent and interdependent member of the health care team as defined in unit-based Plan for Provision of Care
* Perform patient assessments, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive functions
* Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes and adapt the plan of care based on recognized trends and changes
* Collect and manage comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation
* Analyze the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues
* Formulate age-appropriate and culturally and ethically sensitive plan of care
* Implement care in a knowledgeable manner and coordinate patient care across several disciplines and among caregivers
* Provide leadership to other members of the team by effectively communicating expected standards of care and encouraging and supporting team members and their contributions

Secondary Functions

* Manage rapidly changing situations following established protocols, coordinating and accessing appropriate health team members and resources, and documenting events
* Participate 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
* Complete mandatory education and training that includes review of age-specific needs, caring behaviors, and interpersonal skills as defined by unit-based Plan for Provision of Care
* Maintain a safe working environment through compliance with established evidence-based practice policies and procedures and timely reporting of safety variances
* Project pride in their work as exhibited in day-to-day interactions with staff, coworkers, patients, and all those they come in contact with
* Seek experiences and formal and independent learning activities to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge
* Provide supervision, including guidance, counseling, and mentoring, to targeted peers and subordinates to enhance the learning experiences and improve the professional practice environment within the designated work setting
* Participate in the employee performance process related to peers and subordinate team members; address employee problems, complaints, disputes, or requests as the first level of supervision; evaluate their performance post-hire
* Participate in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required
* Other duties as assigned

Minimum Required Qualifications

* RN licensure is required, issued by the PA Board of Nursing
* 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

* Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
* 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.
* New Learning and Memory: The position requires that an individual be able to learn new tasks quickly and effectively.
* Problem Solving, Reasoning, and Creative Thinking: The position deals with issues or problems that often require thoughtful reasoning before arriving at approaches or solutions.

Aptitudes

* 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.
* 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 proprietary nursing software (applicable to unit)

Physical Requirements

* Body Position/Movement: Sit, Stand, Walk, Bend, Push, Pull, Kneel/Squat, Reach, Twist, Balance, Climb
* Lifting: 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: 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, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

Benefits

* 100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
* Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
* Shift, Weekend, and On-Call Differentials
* Health, Dental, and Vision Coverage
* Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
* Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching
* Child Care Subsidies
* Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes

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