Citizens Medical Center Job Description
At Ocean State Job Lot, we are committed to providing compassionate patient care, clinical expertise, and advanced medical services to our community.
Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN)
This is a challenging and rewarding role that requires dedication, empathy, and strong clinical skills. As a Registered Nurse at Citizens Medical Center, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality patient care and working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to achieve exceptional outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
* Patient Care: Provide direct quality patient care based on the plan of care and exercise judgment in delegating aspects of patient care appropriately to licensed and unlicensed staff members.
* Professional Development: Participate in professional development of self and staff to enhance patient-focused nursing practice, age, and population-specific to the nursing unit.
* Assessment and Planning: Perform a timely, comprehensive assessment using appropriate techniques for data collection, analysis, interpretation, and documentation to make age-appropriate decisions for the patient plan of care within scope of responsibility, training, and practice.
* Leadership and Management: If assigned as charge nurse, use knowledge of the staffing plan, skill mix/staff competencies, and patient acuity to develop an appropriate shift assignment, assess the need for adjusting staff resources, and coordinate with other disciplines and departments the process of admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Requirements:
* Licensure: Current license or permit to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Texas.
* Certifications: Stroke In-service annually, NIH Stroke Certification 90 days from date of hire, ACLS certification biannually for Emergency Dept., Cardiac Cath Lab, PACU, ICU, and House Supervisors, NRP, STABLE certification biannually for Nursery.
* Education: Graduate of accredited college, university, or school of nursing.
Benefit Offerings: Health, Retirement/Investment, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Sick leave, Bereavement leave, Jury Duty/Witness Service, Hospital-paid & administered annual immunizations.
Mission Statement: At Citizens Medical Center, our mission is to provide quality medical services at a reasonable cost to the citizens of the region.