What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graduate Nurse position at Mohawk Valley Health System - Utica, NY?
Job Summary
The Graduate Registered Nurse plays a crucial role in promoting and restoring patients' health by completing the nursing process. This involves collaboration with Physicians and multidisciplinary team members, as well as providing support to patients, visitors, and families.
Core Job Responsibilities
- Accurately and timely document patient care services by charting in patients' medical records in accordance with licensure, regulatory hospital standards.
- Maintain continuity of care with the nursing team by communicating plans of care and following through with multidisciplinary teams to ensure organized, planned, and delivered patient administration of care for all services provided.
- Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
- Maintain nursing supplies inventory, checking stock to determine inventory and PAR level, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, using equipment and supplies, and ensuring proper use of equipment to accomplish job tasks.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, mandatory in-services, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
- The nurse participates in advancing the profession through contributions to practice, education, administration, and knowledge development.
- Engage in quality improvement initiatives, including continuing education, participation in hospital-wide and unit-specific teams, identifying nursing practice areas for quality improvement, and striving for safe outcomes.
- Maintain a cooperative relationship among healthcare team members by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team problem-solving.
- Provide exceptional service to patients and their families/visitors that meets or exceeds patient expectations through offering empathetic and compassionate patient-centered care.
- Professionally manage patient and family/visitor needs and concerns using AIDET and positive service recovery methods.
- Respond to patient requests and make active referrals to subject matter expert/decision maker who can fulfill the patient request.
- Deliver culturally sensitive care.
Education/Experience Requirements
Required:
- Graduate of an accredited associate degree program in nursing.
Preferred:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited nursing program or higher degree.
- One (1) or more years of experience in a related setting.
Licensure/Certification Requirements
Required:
- Current New York State licensure as a Registered Nurse.
- Successfully pass the State Board Nursing NCLEX examination within three months of employment.
Preferred:
Disclaimer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates may be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Job Details
Req Id 87176
Pay Range $33.00 - $48.00 Hourly
Salary : $33 - $48
