Position Summary
Site FMCOH Wiregrass Ranch Hospital Location: Wesley Chapel, Florida Position: Registered Nurse (RN) Department: Surgical Inpatient Unit Shift: Days Part-Time
Elevating Healthcare in Wesley Chapel and West Florida, Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital is poised to revolutionize healthcare in Wesley Chapel and the broader West Florida region. This five-story state-of-the-art multi-specialty hospital spans 380,000 square feet, purpose-built to serve one of Floridas fastest-growing communities with exceptional outcomes-focused care. Designed for Excellence, opening with 102 beds expandable to 300 beds at full build-out, 9 advanced operating rooms including a hybrid OR with real-time imaging capabilities, Comprehensive services in cardiology, neurology, oncology, surgery, and more. From life-saving procedures to advanced diagnostics, this facility is engineered to meet the evolving needs of our community with precision and compassion.
Job Summary
Administers patient care in an area in a hospital or inpatient observation setting where an acute care patient receives active treatment for an injury episode of illness, a medical condition, or post-intervention with assessment.
Qualifications
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Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgment to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high-intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance. • Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions. • Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based patient-focused action. • Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients and interprets and records electronic displays such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc. • Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol. • Observes monitors and assesses patients condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations, and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available. • Assesses patients needs and develops, revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. • Evaluates the patients progress toward attaining expected outcomes. • Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers. • Functions as a patient and family advocate. • Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit department. • Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician. • Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit department. • Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing departments goals and strategies. • Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patients status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patients requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs. • Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients. • Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner, meeting all required and regulatory standards. • Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care unit equipment as defined by unit department-specific requisite skills. • Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care. • Practices effective problem identification and resolution. • Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patients needs and the team members capabilities and qualifications. • Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other healthcare team members. • Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families. • Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients rights. • Collaborates with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students. • Maintains reasonably regular punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards. • Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Other Related Functions
The professional nurse contributes to the knowledge and skills of others and the continuous improvement of the quality of healthcare practice and organizational outcomes. Participates and may lead unit-level and/or organizational-level committees of nursing practice and performance improvement. Participates in department and organizational peer review, mentoring, and coaching regarding professional practice or role performance. Practices efficient use of supplies and maintains a clean, safe, and organized work area. Attends staff development in-services department meetings and/or nursing committee meetings. Partners with the nursing leadership team to identify professional development needs. Assumes responsibility for ones own professional development and continuing education. Performs all other duties as assigned.