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Schedule Details/Additional Information:
This is a Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week position with varying first-shift schedules. Occasional weekend shifts may be available but are not required.
Pay Range
$34.90 - $52.35Registered Nurse, High Point Medical Center, Oncology Infusion
Full time, Days
40 hours per week
Sign-on Bonus: $8,000 sign-on bonus eligible position for qualified candidates!
JOB SUMMARY:
Provides nursing care to patients using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation). Directs and leads other assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
BSN preferred.
Minimum of two years nursing experience, preferably in area of specialty, preferred.
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:
Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) may be required within one year in select areas.
Additional specialized training and or certifications in assigned specialty area are required.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Provide patient/family centered care using the nursing process and focusing on the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. This includes providing for the assessment, development of nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion and evaluation of goals and interventions consistent with the policies of WFBMC.
2. Demonstrates self-directed learning through completion of any orientation requirements, nursing certification/updates and continuing education programs. Possesses clinical assessment skills relative to the area of specialty. Experience and knowledge of the purpose and use of medications in the area of specialty.
3. Maintains a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment through ensuring patient privacy and responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior.
4. Utilizes and promotes the use of technology and equipment to enhance the safety of patients and staff.
5. Communicates effectively to promote sharing of information throughout the continuum of care and as an effective member of the healthcare team.
6. Demonstrates the ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model. This includes participating in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, participation in peer review and professional development promoting leadership and clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice and acknowledgment of accountability for actions and critical thinking.
7. Performs and maintains competency for point-of-care testing as assigned, waived and or non-waived, ensuring compliance with WFBH policies and with applicable state and federal regulations.
8. Acts as a patient advocate throughout the continuum of care including all patient settings and in the community.
9. Coordinates the effective and efficient delivery of patient care services through the application of care management principles. Identifies clinical priorities and initiates action to improve patient outcomes.
10. Demonstrates ability to function in a professional practice model through active participation in shared governance, promotion of a healthy work environment and acceptance of personal responsibility for professional growth.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
Ability to provide direct and indirect patient care
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively
Solid written and oral communication skills
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Ability to tolerate moderate to high stress levels
Subject to occasional crowded conditions
Moderate noise environment
Handles emergency or crisis situations
Subject to many interruptions and stressful situations
Regular exposure to the risk of blood borne diseases, infections and contagious diseases
Contact with patients, family members, community members, co-workers and medical staff under a wide variety of circumstances
Handles absentee replacement on short notice
Required to wear PPE
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Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.