Registered Nurse - Outpatient Procedural City Gate Lancaster - Days/Evenings

General Summary Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive care. Primary responsibilities include direct patient care, patient/family teaching, symptom management, counseling, and supportive role to assist the patients and their families. May require specialized skills depending on location/unit/specialty assignment. Shift Full Time, Monday - Friday, variable day/evening hours, typically between 6:00-5:00p with late coverage as needed. No weekends, holidays or call. Duties and Responsibilities Essential Functions: • Provides general nursing care and personal care assistance to patients. • Writes initial nursing histories, assesses patients' conditions and develops individual care plans for patients. • Carries out physician orders such as administering prescribed medications or treatments, preparing an operating room, order lab tests, x-rays, etc... • Cleans and prepares rooms between procedures and after terminal cleaning. Monitors and restocks supplies. • Assists provider during examinations, non-operative and operative procedures. • Maintains aseptic techniques; actively monitors situations which could lead to breaches in aseptic technique. • Assists in patient care related activities such as changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs, starting IV solutions and inserting tubes. • Provides health care instruction/education to patient and family members. • Performs a variety of nursing administrative duties. • Prepares and maintains records of patient charges. • Variation of duties may result based on the assigned customer care unit(s). This may include differences in the specific clinical skills required of the RN. Unit based skill lists outline expectations beyond the house wide RN requirements. SYS-NURS-L Nursing Education Requirements Policy outlines current certification(s) required for specific areas of nursing practice and is considered to be part of the job description. • In addition to requirements specified in the license and certification section below, current BLS certification for all areas of nursing practice is required. • Current certification may be required for the following areas of nursing practice: • Emergency Care Center – ACLS, PALS • Intensive Care Center & MSCC Lead – ACLS, PALS • L&D – ACLS, NRP, - Experienced L&D nurses will obtain within 6 months and new L&D nurses will obtain at 1 year of experience • NICU – NRP • PEDS – PALS • PCC/PACU/ENDO – ACLS, PALS • Procedural – ACLS Common Expectations: • Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s). • Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required. • Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards. • Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise. • Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation. • Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and proper functioning of equipment. • Enters and/or retrieves data from established computer files using knowledge of various computer software applications. Qualifications Minimum Education: • Diploma Program Required or • Associates Degree Required • Bachelors Degree Nursing (BSN) Preferred Work Experience: • 1 year Nursing experience. Required Licenses: • Licensed Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required or • Registered Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required and • Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required • Advanced Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Thinks critically, utilizes sound judgment and promptly reports potential patient safety risks to provider and/or manager. • Demonstrates good organizational skills in the preparation of daily work schedules and the assignment of duties and responsibilities. • Ability to effectively work with and through physicians, subordinates, customers, and other personnel in a cooperative, collaborative manner in order to improve patient care outcomes. • Ability to efficiently and effectively manage multiple tasks. • Ability to work in a fast paced, patient care environment. • Demonstrates ability to promote quality improvement through development and maintenance of standards. • Ability to maintain professional conduct in all work-related and/or emergent situations. Benefits Offered: • Comprehensive health benefits • Flexible spending and health savings accounts • Retirement savings plan • Paid time off (PTO) • Short-term disability • Education assistance • Financial education and support, including DailyPay • Wellness and Wellbeing programs • Caregiver support via Wellthy • Childcare referral service via Wellthy