Graduate Nurse (RN) / Surgical Svc

About This Role

Provide direct nursing care at St. Vincent's Medical Center, implementing and monitoring patient care plans, and coordinating with other disciplines to ensure well-coordinated patient care.

Responsibilities

• Implement and monitor patient care plans
• Monitor, record and communicate patient condition as appropriate
• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care
• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders
• Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to assess patients and to identify physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and age-related needs in order to provide individualized care to the patient
• Delegate aspects of care to other nursing personnel consistent with their level of education and expertise in order to meet patients' needs and to maximize staff performance
• Participate in daily interdisciplinary patient rounds
• Demonstrate knowledge of patients' condition and is able to provide appropriate input to meet desired outcomes for the appropriate patient population
• Develop, implement and revise individualized plans of care

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school
• Associate degree
• Current Connecticut RN license
• BLS certification by the American Heart Association
• Excellent assessment and critical thinking skills

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school
• Less than one year of experience for automatic enrollment into the Nurse Residency Program

Nice to Have

• BSN preferred

Benefits

Certifications