Staff Nurse-Day Surgery
Location: Two Harbors Minnesota
Description: St. Luke's - Duluth is in need of Staff Nurse-Day Surgery right now, this job will be placed in Minnesota. More details about this job opportunity please read the description below. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Current registration in MN as RN
One (1) year recent acute care nursing experience required.
JOB SUMMARY Applies and demonstrates knowledge ! of the delivery of professional nursing care, including all aspects of practice, as defined by the MN Board of Nursing and reinforced in St. Luke's policies. Plans, delegates to, and organizes nursing personnel. Manages and coordinates information between patient, family and healthcare team members; provides for education of patient's families and staff and evaluates outcomes. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Education: Graduate of accredited school of nursing. Experience: Minimum of one (1) year of recent acute care nursing experience. Successful completion of EKG course and assigned critical care modules within one (1) year of employment. Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current license in Minnesota to practice as registered nurse. ACLS, PALS and TNCC certification within one (1) year of employment. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Education: N/A Experience: Recent perianesthesia or critical care nursing experience preferred. Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS! AND ABILITIES Knowledge of current principles and techniques ! of nursing practice; the practical application of nursing process and physical assessment; transcription of physician orders, admission requirements and procedures; pre-surgical medical and anesthesia requirements; patient assessment and ability to appropriately make physician referral decisions; St. Luke's surgical services and routines; ability to communicate with people in a courteous, tactful manner. Ability to cope with interruptions. Ability to understand and accurately follow complex written and oral communications. Ability to maintain good working relationships with others, coordinate admission orders and diagnostic schedules in timely manner, legible handwriting, READING - Advanced: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquires or complaints. WRITING - Intermediate: Ability to write routine reports, correspondence, or procedures. SPEAKING - Intermediate: Ability to effectively prese! nt information in one-on-one, small group situations or before groups of customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Intermediate Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals and to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw or interpret bar graphs to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. REASONING ABILITY - Intermediate Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES - Skilled at assessment and knowledgeable of growth and development. Provides appropriate care respective to the ages of the patients served pe! r clinical environment. PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT PHYSICAL DEMAN! DS Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking; lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patients; considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. Ability to see, hear, stand, bend, kneel, walk and lift up to fifty (50) pounds. Stand - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 - 8 hours) Walk - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) Sit - Frequently1/3 to 2/3(2.5 - 5.5 hours) Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) Reach with hands and arms - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) Stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, or crawl - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) Bending-repetitive forward - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) Talk or hear - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) LIFTING REQUIREMENTS Up to 10 pounds - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) Up to 25 pounds - ContinuouslyOver 2/3(5.5 - 8 hours) Up to 35 pounds - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 - 5.5 hours) Up to 50 pounds - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours) WORK ENVIRONMENT Typical No! ise Level - Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic) WORKING CONDITIONS Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases; contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances; exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries and illness); subject to varying and unpredictable situations; handles emergency or crisis situations; may perform emergency care; occasionally subjected to irregular hours; occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries. Occasional Exposure to Laser Vision / Vision Screening.
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This job starts available on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:03:14 GMT