Internal Travel Registered Nurse -Med/Surg Departments

Are you a current traveler located more than 50+ miles from an Arnot campus and seeking a traveler position closer to home?

Great PAY - Great PERKS - Tax-Free STIPEND! - NO Agency!

Available campuses: Arnot (Elmira, NY), St. Joseph's (Elmira, NY), Ira Davenport (Bath, NY)

Within Our Traveler Program You'll Receive

Professional Growth and Experience: Arnot Health pool nurses gain experience in multiple specialties, enhancing their clinical competence and expanding career options.
Flexibility and Work-Life Balance: Our Float pool nursing offers personalized schedules, allowing nurses the ability to achieve a better work-life balance.
Growth and Variety: Arnot Health nurses working in different units learn from different patients, treatments, and healthcare settings, which helps them grow professionally.
Higher Earning Potential: Our float pool nurses can earn higher salaries. This is due to their flexible schedules and the high demand for their specialized skills.

Main Function

The RN is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe and provides care to these patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/instrumentation, and other health care team members. The RN is expected to perform their duties according to established standards of care and the core values established by the Division of Nursing. Reports to assigned Unit Director.

Duties And Responsibilities

STANDARDS OF CARE

Nursing Process Assessment

Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status of patients.**

Diagnosis

Analyzes assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.**

Outcome Identification

Identifies appropriate expected outcomes individualized to the patient.**

Planning

Formulates a goal directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.**
Identifies patient/significant other learning needs and implements appropriate measures to meet these.**

Implementation

Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent and continuous manner.**
Performs documentation duties on unit and in patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise.**

Evaluation

Evaluates effectiveness of self, care given by all health care team members, and contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in progressing patient toward outcomes.**

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE

Quality of Care

Functions with an awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution.**
Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.**
Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care and decision making for designated patient populations.**
Follows all Medical Center, Division of Nursing and Unit specific Policy and Procedures.**
Consistently incorporates hourly rounding into daily practice.**

Performance Appraisal

Demonstrates an awareness of self responsibility and accountability for own professional practices.**
Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and unit function and strives to manage situations in a reduced risk manner.**

Education

Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and skills required by assigned unit.**
Participates actively in staff development activities for unit and department of nursing personnel and other departments and personnel as appropriate.**

Collegiality

Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members, patients, and significant others.**
Remains flexible in staffing patterns and resolution of staffing conflicts.**

Ethics

Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient/significant other rights, as identified within the institution.**
Decisions and actions on behalf of patients are determined in an ethical manner. **

Research

Remains aware of current nursing research and implements findings in Nursing Practice as applicable.**

Resource Utilization

Functions to establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies.**

CORE VALUES

Accountability

Accepts accountability for individual practice.

Caring and Compassionate Environment

Respects and recognizes each patient as a unique individual and provides holistic nursing care.

Collaboration

Collaborates with the patient, family and other health care providers in providing patient care.**

Communication

Demonstrates effective communication methods and skills, using lines of authority appropriately.**

Continuity of Care

Consistently identifies appropriate care plan and delivers care according to the plan of care.**

Leadership

Demonstrates leadership ability.
Demonstrates appropriate delegation of tasks and duties in the direction and coordination of health care team members, patient care and unit activities.**
Practices effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.**

Learning Environment

Demonstrates self directed learning and participation in continuing education to meet own professional development. Attends 75% of all staff meetings and 100% of all mandatory in-services.**
Seeks validation of knowledge base, skill level, and decision making as necessary and assertively seeks guidance in areas of question.**

Participation in Decision Making

Participates in development and attainment of unit and Department of Nursing goals, along with Medical Center strategic plans and goals.**
Participates in unit, Division of Nursing and Medical Center councils/committees as appropriate.**

Quality Improvement

Participates in Quality Improvement initiatives and standards development.**
Is familiar with and demonstrates Quality in Action principles and participates in the process as appropriate.**

Age-Appropriate Care

Provides age-appropriate care to all patients according to their age groups for the particular unit to which the individual is assigned.**

Other

Employee understands and demonstrates the importance of satisfying the needs of the customer/patient by interacting with him/her in a friendly and caring way, being attentive to the customer's needs, both psychologically and physically, and by taking the initiative to maintain communication with the customer in order to provide a secure and pleasant experience with the Medical Center.

40.0It is understood that this job description lists typical duties for the classification and is not to considered inclusive of all duties, which may be assigned.

Education

Current NYS nursing licensure, limited permit or eligible. Excellent communication skills and writing ability.

Physical Demands

Appreciable physical effort required; lifting, pulling, pushing, and moving patients of various size, capabilities and abilities. Some lifting, reaching, and stooping. Required to be on feet much of the time.

Exposure Category

Category I. Tasks that involve exposure to blood and body fluid or tissues.

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