Summary
To serve as a liaison between the hospital, doctor, and patient and/or patient's family, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Medical Center.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities Utilizes a systematic process to assess patient's physical and psychosocial status, with emphasis on discharge plans and needs in order to manage length of stay (LOS).
20 %Plans individualized patient care in collaboration with hospitalists and consultants.
Communicates with patient, family, case manager, staff nurse, and social worker in the planning discharge process.
20 %Supports the hospitalist service and removes physicians from timely administrative duties.
20 %Ensures timely execution of physician orders by personally communicating with unit clerks and nursing staff.
20 %Provides individualized discharge instructions to patients with special needs and document appropriately.
Follow-up by phone as needed.
10 %Serves as a resource to hospitalists, hospital staff, and patients as needed.
10 % Requirements, Preferences and Experience Education
Minimum: Graduate School of Nursing-Accredited Required.
Experience
Preferred: Endoscopy Lab: One year Med-Surg nursing.
For Endoscopy Lab: critical care experience preferred.
Minimum: No Experience Required.
Licensure, Registration, Certification
Preferred: ACLS Certification in Area of Practice Preferred.
Critical Care: ACLS and CCRN Certification recommended.
Emergency Department: Trauma Nurse Curriculum, CEN Certification, and PALS recommended.
Endoscopy Lab: Affiliation with the Society for Gastroenterology Associates.
Minimum: License/Certification/Registries (valid for the State of MS): Registered Nurse (RN) Required.
Basic Life Support (CPR) Certification within 14 Days of Employment Required.
Critical Care and Emergency Department: Basic Critical Care and Basic EKG required.
Mother/Baby: Drew Neonatal required.
Labor/Delivery: Drew Neonatal, Fetal Monitoring, and Neonatal Resuscitation required.
RCH: Basic Critical Care and Basic EKG required.
Oncology: Chemotherapy required.
Endoscopy Lab: Basic Critical Care and Basic EKG required.
About Baptist Memorial Health Care
At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude.
Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching.
And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community.
For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups.
Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.
At Baptist, We Offer: Competitive salariesPaid vacation/time offContinuing education opportunitiesGenerous retirement planHealth insurance, including dental and visionSick leaveService awardsFree parkingShort-term disabilityLife insuranceHealth care and dependent care spending accountsEducation assistance/continuing educationEmployee referral program Job Summary:
Position: 11476 - RN-Hospitalist Nurse
Facility: MBMC - Hospital
Department: JS Hospitalists MBMC
Category: Nurse RN
Type: Clinical Nurse
Work Type: Full Time
Work Schedule: 7 On 7 Off Program
Location: US:MS:Jackson
Located in the Jackson, MS metro area
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