Staff Position

Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinic
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
flexible
Sign-On Bonus

$30-48/hour
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Description

Clinical Nurse


Full Time Nsg-Cardiac Surg 3NE 110 Irving Street NW Nursing - Direct Patient Care Day / Night Shift with rotating weekend .90 * Job Summary * Delivers proficient nursing care to patients and families whose needs range from uncomplicated to highly complex. * Primary Duties and Responsibilities * Clinical: Identifies current and potential complex problems of specific patient populations, critically analyzes trends and changes in patient status, and plans appropriate interventions directly or indirectly through other nurses. * Clinical: Collaborates with nurse leaders and colleagues to develop standards of care. * Clinical: Develops and documents a plan of care that communicates to all caregivers the individualized needs of a patient with highly complex problems. * Clinical: Identifies and evaluates long and short-range goals of nursing interventions. * Clinical: Serves as a patient advocate by independently communicating clinical concerns in a timely manner to other members of the health care team. * Clinical: Documents patient information in a manner that reflects the ability to integrate the nursing assessment data, pathophysiology of disease processes, and the therapeutic regimen into an appropriate evaluation of the patient status. * Coordinates and delivers care to patient (s) with complex nursing care needs to ensure the highest level of safety and quality while promoting a positive patient experience. * Clinical: Utilizes approaches and strategies that support and optimize patient care outcomes that are based on the interdisciplinary plan of care and absolutes of IMOC and Contemporary Primary Nursing. * Participates in the Contemporary Primary Nursing Model by acting as a primary nurse or associate nurse for selected patients. * Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team on the patient plan of care using the interdisciplinary Model of Care (IMOC). * Clinical: Takes action to support the National Patient Safety Goals, nursing sensitive indicators, regulatory requirements (i.e. DC Health, TJC) and other identified quality metrics. * Educational: Provides input to the orientation program for new staff. * Educational: Conducts the individual orientation for new staff. * Educational: Conducts and evaluates formal unit-based education programs. * Educational: Completes al annual mandatory competencies within designated time frame. * Administrative: Assumes formally designated resource role for colleagues in unit management. * Administrative: Acts as a consultant for nursing staff in the clinical management of patients. * Administrative: Provides input to the ongoing clinical evaluation of staff. * Administrative: Exhibits a demeanor that invites utilization by staff for problem solving. * Administrative: Participates in the formulation, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of departmental goals, objectives, policies and procedures. * Administrative: Participates in the implementation and evaluation of unit assessments and audits, including quality assurance and process improvement. * Administrative: Assesses patient care needs, establishes priorities and delegates tasks to peers and ancillary support staff as appropriate to scope of practice and unit requirements. * Administrative: Participation in unit-based committees and/or department of nursing committees. * Administrative: Promotes the standards of Pathway to Excellence through daily practice.

Pay

Average District of Columbia Staff Position Pay

$44.14/hour

The average salary for a Clinic is 2% lower than the US average of $45.

Estimate based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data.