Job Summary

Job Duties

• Provides nursing care to patients by identifying and addressing physical, social and psychological needs of the patient and family to the registered nurse.
• Serves as a resource to patients, families, and healthcare team.
• Performs all aspects of the Clinic Nurse position.
• Mentors the professional development of novice team members.
• Coordinates a consistent orientation by communication of orientee's progress and needs to other preceptors as appropriate.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and support for staff members at the unit level.
• Actively participates as a team member in working toward team goals of the unit and organization.
• Supports and reinforces health teaching to patients.
• Satisfactorily completes all aspects of the domain selected in the Career Enhancement Program (mentor, educator, performance improvement, clinical coordinator, or any other additional domain as identified by unit need).
• Completes all unit based skill competencies on an annual basis.
• Submits portfolio to reporting supervisor to document performance in the Career Enhancement Program prior to performance evaluation.
• Serves as a unit preceptor for orientees.
• Assists with completion or orientation paperwork.
• Meets with orientee weekly during orientation period.
• Reviews orientees progress weekly with clinical Nurse Educator.
• Assists with unit based education.
• Assists with review of unit based competencies and skills assessments.
• Provides small group in-services or informal displays on the unit.
• Assists with unit education for new products, procedures and equipment.
• Responsible for actively participating in patient safety improvement initiatives and reporting.
• Assumes responsibility for identifying processes or systems that could potentially lead to errors and adverse events.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

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