The Ohio State University Hiring for Registered Nurse – Tower General and Vascular Acute Care – East Hospital at Medical Center Campus Full Time

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Job Title:Registered Nurse – Tower 10 General and Vascular Acute Care – East Hospital

Department:East | Tower 10 General and Vascular Surgery

Scope and Standards of Practice

The Patient Care Coordinator – Registered Nurse (PCC-RN) functions as an integral member of a team of care providers on a patient care unit, who reflect a culture of cooperation, enthusiasm, and mutual respect. The care team provides patient care and supportive services that are directed towards achievement of patient care outcomes, maximizing the patient’s involvement in his/her own plan of care, improving service levels, reducing length of hospitalization and decreasing costs. Patients and their family will experience the benefits of patient focused care through the integrated skills of all care team members.

The model of care is based on the American Nurses Association definition of nursing:

Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Position Summary

The PCC-RN is responsible for managing care to the patient and family, and for directing and supervising the other members of the patient care team. He/she is responsible for assessing, prescribing, implementing, coordinating, delegating, and evaluating nursing care of patients. The PCC-RN prioritizes patient care needs and provides leadership and development of the patient care team. Individuals within this position must be able to function fully within performance expectations defined for nurses in a medical-surgical setting.

95% Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Care Delivery: Participates in our innovative healthcare delivery model that delivers high value care with unparalleled patient experience.

• Applies the nursing process to all areas of practice
• Establishes a patient plan of care; provides patient education related to patient’s condition, therapeutic regimen and self-care measures; evaluates effectiveness of patient education
• Provides care according to patient needs; performs specialized nursing care procedures as outlined in department/unit specific competency profiles
• Provides discharge planning that begins on admission according to patient need; coordinates patient care, admissions, transfers and discharges. Matching nurses with specific skills to patients with specific needs.
• Provides interdisciplinary communication to enhance the patient plan of care
• Enhances patient experience with high value care
• Actively participates in performance improvement initiatives positively affecting quality and safety
• Responds to urgent situations and assumes an active role to enhance emergency care needed for positive patient outcomes
• Adheres to regulatory compliance standards

Talent and Culture: Supports an environment to attract and develop a diverse and talented team of people committed to creating a culture of innovation and discovery.

• Promotes a safe, positive, and healthy work environment
• Contributes to the advancement and wellbeing of the team in order to support retention, engagement, and professional culture
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with others
• In collaboration and with the direction of the nurse manager, may assume additional leadership responsibilities
• Embody the Buckeye spirit through our shared values: Inclusiveness, Determination, Empathy, Sincerity, Ownership, and Innovation

Biomedical Discoveries: Encourages scientific curiosity and determination

• Participates in evidence-based practice and or nursing research through clinical inquiry to improve care
• Describes clinical problems using the evidence
• Promotes a culture of evidence-based practice for problem solving and clinical decision-making

• Implement an innovative multidisciplinary education model to educate the most diverse and sought after health professionals in the world.

• Attends mandatory education
• Maintains appropriate competencies

• Participates in professional development opportunities
• Participates in the orientation and mentoring of new employees (experienced and new graduates) to support our academic values
• Attends and /or presents unit in-services to support growth and development

Healthy Communities:Create healthy communities by addressing Ohio’s most pressing health needs.

• Acknowledge that nurses have a unique role and nursing participation can support medical center strategies to improve community health.
• Identify opportunities to participate in community organizations and initiatives. Track and communicate individual and unit-level activity.
• Encourage patients to be an active participant in their care.

Resource Stewardship:Be a responsible steward of all resources.

• Identify opportunities to improve processes that reduce waste in the system.
• Actively support operational and financial initiatives.
• Understand Nursing philanthropic efforts, priorities and opportunity to develop pipeline.
• Recognize critical role that nursing plays in care delivery, outcomes, and the potential for impact on philanthropic interests of grateful patients and others.

5% of time: Assumes function of other patient care team members as necessary

Additional Information:

Location:East Hospital – Tower (0397)

Position Type:Regular

Scheduled Hours:36

Shift:First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

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