Covenant HealthCare

Summary:

Responsibilities:

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  Models Covenant’s Mission, Vision and Values of “Keeping Our Promise of Caring” and Commitment to Service.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service in attitude and actions at all times consistent with the Code of Conduct.

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  Clinical contact with patients in the adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups
• Ability to appropriately assess, care for and treat patients according to the age-appropriate care guidelines as defined by Covenant Healthcare

• Completes admission assessment and identified outcomes.
• Writes nursing orders.
• Delegates nursing care.
• Evaluates nursing care.
• Reassesses patient.
• Supervises nursing care.
• Plans discharge.
• Plans, provides and delegates patient/family education.
• Collaborates effectively with all health care disciplines to facilitate patient outcomes.
• Effectively communicates patient care needs/expectations/priorities with team members.
• Functions as a responsible team member.
• Acts as resource/educator for team members.
• Performs departmental projects as required.
• Documents on all hospital and department records as required.
• Maintains professional standards by actively participating in continuing education activities, patient outcome activities and inservices related to area of practice and age(s) of patient population.
• Attends/participates in unit meetings.
• Maintains glucose, ACT and NIH Stroke Scale certifications.
• Adheres to unit/department policies, procedures and unit structure standards.
• Maintains confidentiality in relation to patients, families and the organization.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with patients, families and coworkers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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  Smiles, makes eye contact, and says hello
• Puts a smile in their voice on the phone
• Takes people where they need to go
• Is courteous to everyone
• Takes pride in Covenant – keeps it clean
• Offers help and asks, “What else can I do?”

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Current Michigan licensure to practice as an RN
• Current BLS and ACLS Provider Certification
• Critical care experience
• Current experience with pre and post cardiac catheterization patients

• Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac catheterization lab or special procedures
• Basic computer skills
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with patients, families and co-workers
• Demonstrates an awareness of and assumes self-responsibility for working within the scope of the CVRU RN role
• Demonstrates the ability to remain calm during high work volume and crisis situations
• Demonstrates the ability to problem-solve and prioritize unit needs independently, efficiently and effectively