RN Charge Nurse-Infusion Full Time Days

Responsibilities

• Performs all aspects of patient care in a manner which optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Follows the five medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
• Demonstrates knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and their clinical condition.
• Involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care.
• Develops, implements and updates an individualized plan of care based on identified patient care needs, including nursing, teaching, continuum of care and discharge planning.
• Able to state rationale for clinical decisions based on critical thinking.
• Assesses, analyzes, validates and integrates data to assess patients' physical, psychosocial, rehab, safety, learning, spiritual, cultural, age-specific, special risk and self-care needs.
• Identifies patient care needs, problems and variances.
• Adequately assesses and reassesses pain and utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.
• Educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Identifies learning needs, abilities, preferences and readiness; identifies support systems, coping mechanisms and barriers to learning.
• Makes referral for follow up as appropriate.
• Explains procedures, therapies and treatments to patient and family, evaluates and documents patient and family response to teaching.
• Uses appropriate resources to provide education.
• Conducts body and belongings search in proper manner and demonstrates awareness to specific contraband allowed on unit.
• Collaborates with the physician and team to review and evaluate the plan of care.
• Communicates effectively and works cooperatively with other team members and has respect for and understanding of other clinical disciplines.
• Coordinates the care of the patient by including members of the health care team and other departments to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient care.
• Delegates appropriately to other care providers to facilitate meeting patient needs in a timely manner.
• Conducts telephone screenings (inquiry calls) in a fashion resulting in appropriate disposition based on the phone contact.
• Understands patient placement criteria and can identify proper level of care to convey to Managed Care along with the pre-cert information requested.
• Communicates directly to department manager routine and non-outline clinical and staff issues.
• Able to make independent appropriate decisions regarding patient care and staffing issues.
• Contributes to the Utilization Review process by adding a consultative nursing assessment regarding total patient care delivery.
• Participates and communicates with third party payers with regards to the nursing component of patient care during the Utilization Review process.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Required: Licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois
• Required: CPR – Basic Life Support
• Preferred: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)