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Patient Care RN - Recovery Room

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Bayhealth

Dover, Delaware

Posted Aug 23

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Shift
Rotating
Hours a week
24
Unit
PACU

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
Rotating · 24 hours
Term
Permanent
Setting
Hospital
Accepts
RN
Experience
New graduates

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
This role$38/hr
nursing in Delaware$37/hr

The median for nursing in Delaware is $37/hr, across 43 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.

About this role

If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you. Care to talk?

Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, a s well as stand -alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid E mergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton . We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore . Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!

Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:

  • Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
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  • Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
  • Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
  • Disability and Life Insurance options
  • On Site Child Care
  • Educational Reimbursement
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
  • Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!
  • Location: Kent Campus Hospital
  • Status: Part Time 48 Hours per pay period
  • Shift: Variable

Salary range: 37.98 + boe, hourly

General

Summary

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients within a assigned unit with a commitment to quality and safety. Professional nursing practices, requiring specialized knowledge judgment and skill are performed using the process in accordance with hospital policy, procedures and nursing philosophy.

Responsibilities

  • Provide direct, professional nursing care to specified population of patients in the acute care setting.
  • Develops a patient centered plan of care based on individualized needs.
  • Maintains confidentiality of the patient medical record.
  • Counsel and educate patients and their care partner on treatment plans.
  • Administer medication following the five rights of medication administration.
  • Provide wound care and dressing changes, as applicable.
  • Read and interpret patient information, making treatment decisions, when appropriate.
  • Consult with physicians to decide on best treatment decisions when appropriate
  • Performs nursing interventions to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
  • Observe and record patient behavior and response to nursing interventions.
  • Demonstrates quality, safe and effective patient care.
  • Provides delegation to unlicensed assistive staff and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) staff
  • Demonstrates standards of excellence which includes practicing nursing with core values of compassion, accountability, respect, teamwork and integrity.
  • Demonstrates understanding and executes quality and performance improvement plans. (only for RN evaluation)
  • Participates in decision making and takes actions based on ethical principles. (only for RN evaluation)
  • Provides timely and accurate documentation of patient care.
  • All other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.

Required Education, Credential(s) and

Experience

Education

Associate Degree; Nursing; Or Nursing Diploma.

  • Credential(s): Registered Nurse, Basic Life Support.

Experience

None.

Preferred Education, Credential(s) and

Experience

Education

Bachelor Degree, Nursing.

  • Credential(s): None.

Experience

Experience in relevant specialty.

To view a full list of all open position at Bayhealth, please visit: https://apply.bayhealth.org/join/

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Requirements

  • RN
  • Acute care
  • Nursing policy compliance
  • Patient treatment planning
  • Nursing
  • Patient progress tracking
  • 403(b) matching
  • RN License
  • Hourly pay

Place

City
Dover, Delaware
Rent against this pay
34% of monthly gross
This role$1,344/mo rent
Monthly gross$3,952/mo

$1,344 median rent against $3,952 a month at $38/hr for 24 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.

Local household income
$60,199/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
2% below the national average

Dover area index 97.5, where 100 is the national average.

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Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.

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The system also includes Bayhealth Medical Group-employed clinician practices across various specialties. With more than 5,000 team members, over 690 physicians, and 300 advanced practice clinicians, Bayhealth serves as a regional healthcare leader. The Kent Campus is approximately 90 minutes…

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