Registered Nurse - Med Surg/Tele

Overview

Healing begins here...

Chestnut Hill Hospital is your community healthcare provider, a 148-bed facility with inpatient and outpatient, diagnostic and treatment services including minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery, cardiology, gynecology, oncology, and orthopedics, primary care practices, two Women's Centers and an off-site physical therapy center. We're 300 physicians and healthcare professionals strong. We are a university-affiliated teaching hospital dedicated to innovation and excellence. We work hard to be a place of healing, caring and connection for patients and families in the community we call home.

We believe in the power of people to create great care!

Responsibilities

Registered Nurse

• Evaluates assigned patients and plans, implements and documents nursing care.
• Assists physicians during examinations and procedures.
• Performs various patient tests and administers medications within the scope of practice of the registered nurse.
• Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of tasks.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.

Qualifications

Education:

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing.

Experience:

• One year previous experience preferred.

Licenses/Certificates:

• Licensed and currently registered as a nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Valid American Heart Association for Healthcare Provider CPR certification (required)
• Completion of the ACLS course within six (6) months of hire
• Completion of the Dysrhythmia course within three (3) months of hire

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