Job Summary: The Nurse Resident is responsible for the delivery of quality patient care through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:
- Actively participates in the JPS Health Network Nurse Residency Program for the first 12 months of hire.
- Maintains credentials and educational requirements related to nursing practice.
- Performs physical assessments and collection of health histories as ordered or indicated.
- Safely and timely administer medications and treatments and collection of specimens as ordered.
- Assists patients in activities while encouraging and instructing patients to do as much for themselves as possible, within safe guidelines.
- Timely and accurately documents within the electronic medical record of the care provided to patients.
- Develops and implements individualized care plans guided by patients' needs and preferences and modifications of the care plan as indicated by changes in the patient’s condition.
- Provides thorough and appropriate education to patients, and maintains the ongoing teaching plan.
- Interprets patient information and makes critical decisions about needed actions.
- Coordinates care across settings in collaboration with all individuals involved in the care of the patient.
- Supervises nursing tasks delegated to unlicensed personnel.
- Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.
- Must be able to complete all job duties and functions of the role with or without assistive/adaptive devices, and/or reasonable accommodations.
- Work environments may differ based on job functions and location. Work is subject to schedule changes and/or variable work hours.
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