Concord Hospital Health System
RN | Med Surg/Tele | Nights
Concord Hospital Health System, Franklin, New Hampshire, us, 03235
Registered Nurse (RN) 1
The Registered Nurse (RN) 1 is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for a group of population‑specific patients in the department/unit. This includes patients with simple to complex conditions and multi‑system issues, within a safe and therapeutic environment. The RN uses knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan to assess patient status, interpret data, and identify age‑specific care requirements. The RN engages in caring relationships with patients, families, and significant others, collaborates with health‑care workers, and uses sound judgment while performing nursing and medical interventions. The RN adheres to specialty and organizational standards, policies, and protocols, reports to the Director and/or Nurse Manager, and may participate in supervision of Licensed Nursing Assistants and unlicensed personnel.
Education Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing; BSN preferred.
Certification, Registration & Licensure
Current New Hampshire State Registered Nurse license required.
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent, required.
Experience
Evidence of experience working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multidisciplinary team.
Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.
Responsibilities
Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
Develops, evaluates, and revises patient’s plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient needs.
Documents care provided and patient’s progress toward desired outcomes.
Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
Teaches the patient and/or significant others about the plan of care. Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer, or preparation for procedure/test.
Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
Administers medications to patients.
Provides direct patient care.
Leads the health‑care team.
Performs job‑specific requirements and other duties as assigned.
Physical And Work Requirements The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described are representative of those encountered by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Tasks include regularly lifting, carrying or pushing/pulling up to 10 pounds, frequently 10–25 pounds, and occasionally 20–50 pounds. Fine motor, hearing, speaking, and walking are required. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand, and occasionally climb, perform repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
Specific vision abilities required: color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood‑borne pathogens, and bodily fluids; occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards, moving mechanical parts, non‑weather‑related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level is usually moderate.
Equal Employment Opportunity Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal. Applicants and employees of this company are protected under federal law from discrimination on several bases.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603‑230‑7269.
Seniority Level Entry level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Health Care Provider
Industry Hospitals and Health Care
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Education Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing; BSN preferred.
Certification, Registration & Licensure
Current New Hampshire State Registered Nurse license required.
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent, required.
Experience
Evidence of experience working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multidisciplinary team.
Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.
Responsibilities
Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
Develops, evaluates, and revises patient’s plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient needs.
Documents care provided and patient’s progress toward desired outcomes.
Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
Teaches the patient and/or significant others about the plan of care. Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer, or preparation for procedure/test.
Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
Administers medications to patients.
Provides direct patient care.
Leads the health‑care team.
Performs job‑specific requirements and other duties as assigned.
Physical And Work Requirements The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described are representative of those encountered by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Tasks include regularly lifting, carrying or pushing/pulling up to 10 pounds, frequently 10–25 pounds, and occasionally 20–50 pounds. Fine motor, hearing, speaking, and walking are required. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand, and occasionally climb, perform repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
Specific vision abilities required: color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood‑borne pathogens, and bodily fluids; occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards, moving mechanical parts, non‑weather‑related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level is usually moderate.
Equal Employment Opportunity Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal. Applicants and employees of this company are protected under federal law from discrimination on several bases.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603‑230‑7269.
Seniority Level Entry level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Health Care Provider
Industry Hospitals and Health Care
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