Registered Nurse
- Parrish Medical Center
- Titusville, FL, USA
Job Description
Department:
Wound Care
Clinic:
Outpatient
Standard Hours/Week:
General Description:
- Initiates a nursing assessment of patient’s condition upon admission and communicates findings with the assigned physician. Assesses, stages, measures and photographs wounds accurately and in accordance to policy on admission and with every follow-up visits.
- Identifies patient care situations that require interventions, implements nursing actions and evaluates responses.
- Identifies patient/family education and discharge needs and implements a teaching plan of care. Implements and evaluates effectiveness of patient education.
- Organizes assessment data for accuracy, completeness and confidentiality, records assessment data in orderly fashion and communicates, verbalizes pertinent information to other health care team members.
- Assists physician with wound therapy.
- Accurately completes and documents all orders and charges are initiated accurately.
- Coordinates activities with other disciplines (rehab, nutrition, diabetic education, home health, DME, nursing homes and other ancillary services).
- Documentation is concise, pertinent, legible, and on the appropriate form. Nursing care is provided in an organized, timely, safe, cost effective manner. Appropriately utilizes resources and equipment. Plan of care is accurately documented for all assigned patients, collaborating with the physician.
- Communicates effectively with co-workers, physicians, patients, families, and other health care team members and follows the chain of command.
- Knows fire, disaster and safety procedures and regulations as pertains to the work area.
- Performs similar or related duties, as assigned.
Formal Education:
- Graduate of an RN education program (accredited preferred); Associate Degree in Nursing required.
- Bachelor Degree in Nursing preferred
- At least 1 year experience
- State of Florida RN
- *BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRP certifications must be obtained through the AHA
- Cardiac Cath Lab: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
- Emergency Department: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale, ACLS and PALS required
- Intensive Care Unit: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
- Interventional Radiology: BLS NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
- Med/Telemetry: BLS, NIH Stroke Scale and ACLS required
- Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: BLS, ACLS and PALS required
- Women’s Center: BLS and NRP required
- Hyperbaric Certification Preferred
- Annual Accrual of 152 Personal Leave Bank (PLB) Hours
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 403(b) Retirement Program
- Tuition Reimbursement/Educational Assistance
- EAP, Flex Spending, Accident, Critical and Other Applicable Benefits
Parrish Medical Center (PMC) is a public, not-for-profit acute care healing hospital with 210 beds located on the Space Coast of Florida.
PMC is a nationally recognized industry leader having earned a number of prestigious recognitions, including Modern Healthcare Magazine's Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare and Spirit of Excellence Awards, America's #1 Healing Hospital for three consecutive years, HealthGrades® Outstanding Patient Experience Award™, Hospital of Choice Award, National Spirit of Women Premier Hospital, and more Joint Commission disease-specific Gold Seal® certifications for quality than all but one other hospital in Florida.
At PMC we believe that healing is a process that can be enhanced with the right environment— a healing environment. As nationally recognized leaders in providing therapeutic healing environments, our distinctive approach to health and wellness care blends the science of evidence-based medicine with the art of healing.
Every aspect of Parrish Medical Center and our family of programs and services is designed to promote healing. From the moment you arrive, you’ll feel the difference in our healing hospital.
- Spirit-lifting architecture and décor
- Award-winning medical care
- World-class community of care partners (employees, medical staff, volunteers)