Experienced RN Womens OR FT AM

Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital

Position Summary: Administers patient care in an area within a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have advanced illnesses or injuries requiring timely, intensive, and complex care to stabilize and support their medical conditions. These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills.

Essential Functions:

1. Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgment to care for patients requiring complex assessment, therapies, high-intensity interventions, and continuous nursing vigilance.
2. Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond confidently, adapting to rapidly changing patient conditions.
3. Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate, evidence-based, patient-focused actions.
4. Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, interprets and records electronic displays such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
5. Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocols.
6. Observes, monitors, and assesses patients' conditions, recognizes serious situations, and calls physicians or takes preplanned emergency measures when physicians are not immediately available.
7. Assesses patient needs and develops or revises individualized care plans based on patient responses, evaluating progress toward expected outcomes.
8. Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with team members and patients.
9. Acts as a patient and family advocate.
10. Provides care appropriate to the age of the patients served, demonstrating advanced knowledge and skills.
11. Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, or nurse clinician.
12. Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary teams to effectively manage the unit/department.
13. Serves as a role model and supports hospital and nursing department goals.
14. Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development principles, assessing data reflective of the patient's status, and interpreting information to meet age-specific needs.
15. Coordinates care and delegates tasks appropriately to team members.
16. Documents patient care comprehensively, meeting all regulatory standards, including assessments, education, medication administration, treatments, and safety.
17. Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of equipment as defined by unit-specific skills.
18. Prioritizes patient care continuously in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.
19. Practices effective problem-solving and resolution.
20. Delegates tasks appropriately based on patient needs and team member capabilities.
21. Communicates patient condition and unit concerns effectively to team members.
22. Provides compassionate, therapeutic care for patients and families.
23. Maintains awareness of legal issues and patients' rights.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Collaborates with education and nursing leadership to support new staff and students.
2. Maintains regular, punctual attendance in accordance with hospital policies and legal standards.
3. Ensures compliance with all hospital policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions:

1. Contributes to team knowledge and skills, and to quality improvement initiatives.
2. Participates or leads nursing practice and performance improvement committees.
3. Engages in peer review, mentoring, and coaching.
4. Uses supplies efficiently and maintains a clean, safe work environment.
5. Attends staff development, meetings, and nursing committees.
6. Partners with leadership to identify professional development needs.
7. Owns professional growth and continuing education.

Additional Duties:

1. Performs other duties as assigned.
2. Maintains equipment and supplies for ECMO/perfusion services, providing relevant information to supervisors.
3. Supports critical nursing functions in CVICU or other areas as directed.

Education/Training: Graduate of an approved nursing program. Meets all competency requirements for Orlando Health and the specific unit/department.

Licensure/Certification: Current Alabama RN license or valid multistate RN license. Current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification. ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC required for specific areas; NRP for NICU.

Experience: Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience unless approved by AVP level or above.