RN; Registered Nurse
Westerly, Rhode Island
Posted Aug 20
- Shift
- Days
- Unit
- Med-Surg
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Role
- Schedule
- Days
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
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About this role
Overview
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
Under the direction of the nurse manager, manages individualized, goal-directed nursing care through the use of the nursing process and the principles of primary nursing, in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures. Contacts
EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran
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Responsibilities
- Essential Functions
1.1 Assesses the patient's physical and psychological condition on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care. Documents appropriately the information obtained from the ongoing assessment. Shares significant assessment data with the appropriate discipline.
- Essential Functions ( continued)
2.1 Adheres to The Westerly Hospital policies and procedures
- Staff/Self Development
3.1 Acts as a clinical resource and role model
- Staff/Self Development (continued)
4.1 Actively participates in train and educational activities for other staff members
- Customer Service
5.1 Demonstrate a high level of respect, dignity compassion and professionalism for all customers by utilizing the four tenets of Patient Family and Centered Partnership.
- Employee Collaboration and Teamwork
6.1 Recognizes and values the contributions of fellow employees and displays cooperation and teamwork.
- Resource Utilization
7.1 Reports to work on time, prepared to work and follow hospital policies for notice of lateness/absenteeism and time off requests.
Qualifications
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
Experience
Medical-surgical nursing, pediatrics, telemetry experience preferred.
Licensure
Current state registration. BLS required ACLS (Optional) PALS within one year of hire
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Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
- Medical-surgical nursing, pediatrics, telemetry experience preferred.
- Current state registration. BLS required ACLS (Optional) PALS within one year of hire
Place
- City
- Westerly, Rhode Island
- Median rent
- $1,260/mo
- Local household income
- $95,207/yr
- State price level
- 2% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Rhode Island index 102.3, where 100 is the national average.
Westerly sits in southern Rhode Island near the Connecticut border, offering nurses a small-town coastal lifestyle with sandy beaches along the Atlantic. Watch Hill and Misquamicut provide summertime charm, while downtown Westerly retains a classic New England feel. A quieter pace for those seeking relief from big-city hospital commutes.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) is a comprehensive healthcare system headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, comprising multiple member hospitals and facilities including Yale New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, Yale…
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Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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