Process Level Department Description:Chatham Hospital---Surgical Services---Chatham Surgical Services provides OR services focusing on many of our elective surgical programs general surgery and some emergency cases.Process Level Department Compliance:RN-Chatham Hospital-Surgical Services --- Required: RN License , BLSDepartment of Nursing?:NoShift:DaysShift Details:4x10 or 5x8 (M-F)FTE:1.0On-Call Required?:1 week/month in afternoonsWeekends Required?:1 weekend (Sat/Sun 24 hours)Holidays Required?:24 hours call for holidayInterview Type:Client OfferDuties:Job Summary:Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.Essential Duties:-Education: Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.-Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.-With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.-Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.-Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.-Evaluation of Care -Identifies expected patient outcomes.-Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.-Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care.-Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.-Implementation: Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care.-Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.-Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.-Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.-Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.-Leadership: With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.-Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.-Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.-Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.-Effectively uses communication systems.-Participates in promoting cost-effective care.-Gives feedback to co-workers.-Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.-Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.-Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.-Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.-Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.-Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.-Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.-Planning: Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.-Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.-Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning.-Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.-Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.-Research: Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.-Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.Skill:Required Skills & Experience:-One (1) year of nursing experience.Preferred Skills & Experience:-N/AEducation:Required Education:-Nursing Diploma.OR-ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.Preferred Education:-BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.Required Certifications & Licensure:-Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).Preferred Certifications & Licensure:-N/APostal Code: 27344Start Date: 03/03/2025Hours Per Week: 40.00Hours Per Day: 8.00Days Per Week: 5.00