About This Role
Caring for patients in an emergency setting is the core of this nursing role, where the professional nurse applies the nursing process to address the unique physical, psychological, emotional, and social needs of diverse patients. This position involves developing nursing plans of care in partnership with patients and their designated care partners, ensuring consistency with their cultural beliefs and values.
Responsibilities
- Interact with co-workers, patients, their family/designated care partner(s), and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson
- Integrate Evidence-Based Practice, clinical expertise, patients, their family/designated care partner(s) preferences and cultural beliefs and values for delivery of optimal healthcare
- Partner with patients, their family/designated care partner(s) in identifying learning needs and priorities and provide education in ways that are useful, understandable, and affirming
- Minimize risk of harm to patients and others by following established nursing practices and protocols and individual performance
- Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support ethical decision making
- Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of patient care
- Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care
- Recognize the patients, their family/designated care partner(s) in providing safe, compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's personal preferences, priorities, needs, and cultural beliefs and values
- Create an environment of belonging and inclusion, demonstrating skills in problem solving and conflict resolution
- Demonstrate a commitment to learning and seek opportunities for continued professional growth and development and act in primary preceptor role to appropriate staff members
- Actively participate in hospital- and practice setting-based committees, including safety and quality improvement
- Demonstrate willingness to give and receive feedback and integrate appropriate changes into practice
Requirements
- Specialized Diploma Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Patient-and Family-Centered Practice: Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient, family and/or designated care partner in care and care planning
- Cultural Awareness: Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively
- Effective Communication: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors; uses the language of partnership with patients and families, engaging them in their health and health care; appropriately and respectfully delegates to other team members
