Registered Nurse Weekender - Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Ortho Trauma PT Nights

Company: Atrium Health
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

Overview
This position is Sign-On Bonus eligible. In addition to the sign-on bonus, new teammates at Atrium Health are eligible for robust benefits packages and paid time off. In addition to the sign-on bonus, new teammates at Atrium Health are eligible for robust benefits packages and paid time off.
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11B - Orthopaedic Trauma provides patient care to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients on a 24-hour basis. - It is a 19-bed unit with all private rooms. - The most common diagnoses stem from orthopaedic trauma injuries, and other traumatic injuries requiring surgical intervention. - 11B also supports medical overflow when needed and based on capacity, providing care for patients requiring medical interventions, CPOX monitoring and telemetry monitoring. - 11B is aligned with the Atrium Health Plan for Nursing and utilizes the Atrium Health Professional Practice Model for the delivery of patient care, the AACN synergy model for care coordination, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring as a theoretical framework for nursing practice.
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Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the Southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC serves as the region's only Level 1 trauma center and is an approved , , -and . We also serve as one of North Carolina's 5 Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serve as a regional campus for Wake Forest University School of Medicine, based in Winston-Salem, NC.
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Job Summary
Provides professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with policies and procedures under the supervision of the supervisor and manager. Assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the age, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patients served.


Essential Functions

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• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation.
  
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
  
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
  
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
  
• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
  
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
  
• Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
  
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.
  
• Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.
  
• Attains knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
  
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
  
• Contributes to quality nursing practice.
  
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
  
• Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
  
• Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
  
• Evaluates one's own and other's nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
  
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible.
  
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  Physical Requirements
  Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required. Additional department specific physical requirements may be identified for unique responsibilities within the department by the department leader.
  
  
  Education, Experience and Certifications
  Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required; BSN preferred. BLS required per policy guidelines. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the department manager.

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