This position may be eligible for relocation assistance and tuition loan repayment
The nurses in the Gastroenterology Department will be responsible for applying evidence-based nursing practice to patients' care over their lifespans. This involves the integration of education and research into the practice through the application of standards and guidelines. Data collection and assessment are used to establish goals and priorities in accordance with patient care, staff needs, and organizational objectives. Nurses are accountable for the quality of care rendered.
Essential Job Functions
• Utilizes a holistic approach and
evidence-based nursing practices, supported by nursing research. Incorporates
the nursing process into the goal-directed plan of care for the patient.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to execute a plan of care
appropriate to the needs of the patients.
• Plans, organizes, implements,
evaluates/triages and documents safe patient care consistent with Billings
Clinic and departmental values/goals, policies and procedures.
• Adheres to Billings Clinic and
departmental safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and
identifies problems and safety issues, then initiates appropriate action.
• Maintains appropriate
departmental skill/knowledge and application of relevant and commonly used
equipment, pharmacology and laboratory values based on disease process or
physiological status.
• Utilizes performance improvement
principles to assess and improve the quality of patient care. Incorporates the
Magnet Model in transforming the work environment and quality of nursing care.
• Takes responsibility for own
professional growth and development needs; meets all system/departmental
educational requirements.
• Demonstrates collaborative,
supportive, and caring behaviors in communication with patients and/or
families, visitors, and the interdisciplinary care team.
• Supports and models behaviors
consistent with Billings Clinic’s mission, vision, values, code of business
conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and
departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental
and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee,
patient safety or job performance.
• Performs all other duties
Minimum Qualifications
Education
• Graduate of an accredited school
of nursing
• Four (4) year / Bachelor’s Degree
preferred (bachelor’s degree in nursing required within 4 years of hire)
Experience
• One (1) year clinical nursing experience
Certifications and Licenses
• Current Montana state license as
a registered nurse required - At hire
• BLS/Healthcare Provider/ALCS
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