Family Care RN

Job Summary:

This is a dynamic unit with a strong team culture, offering great opportunities for critical thinking, problem solving, and career development. The unit excels in mentoring new employees and encourages innovation, allowing staff to work at the highest level of licensure.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide direct nursing care to patients in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Maintain knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served on the assigned unit.
• Facilitate coordination of patient care within the interdisciplinary care team and provide patient education to ensure safe patient discharge.

Key Functions:

1. Perform daily rounds on all patients to ensure quality customer service and address any unmet requirements.
2. Develop a plan of care based on assessment, reflecting patients' physical, psychological, social, educational, developmental, and rehabilitative needs.
3. Assess patients' conditions and nursing needs, set goals, and prescribe appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and patients' needs.
4. Identify early warning signs of changes in patients' conditions and respond appropriately, including contacting responsible clinicians as needed.
5. Report pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate multidisciplinary team member and record those observations accurately and concisely.
6. Begins discharge planning, education, and counseling based on identified needs to optimize patient/family understanding.
7. Assign or delegate responsibilities for performance of nursing interventions to other persons with the necessary skills and competence.

Certification Requirements:

• Registered Nurse license from North Dakota Board of Nursing (NDBON) or Compact State Agreement prior to start date.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from American Heart Association (AHA) within 90 days of start date.

Physical Demands:

Sit: Occasionally (5-33%); Stand: Frequently (34-66%); Walk: Frequently (34-66%); Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%); Reach: Frequently (34-66%); Crawl: Rarely (1-4%); Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%); Twist: Occasionally (5-33%); Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%); See: Continuously (67-100%); Hear: Continuously (67-100%);

Weight Demands:

Lift - Floor to Waist Level: Medium (20-40 pounds); Carry: Medium (20-40 pounds); Push/Pull: Medium (20-40 pounds); Slide/Transfer: Medium (20-40 pounds);

Working Conditions:

Indoor: Continuously (67-100%); Outdoor: Not Applicable; Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable;

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:

Infrequent Driver;