Registered Nurses
Vision: To be the premier healthcare organization in Northwest Alabama.
Mission: To provide compassionate, quality, cost effective healthcare services, to the citizens of Northwest Alabama.
Goal: To be the Hospital that individuals choose for care, where physicians choose to practice and where healthcare workers choose to be employed.
Our Values:
Integrity: Be consistent, honest, and fair in everything we do.
Excellence: Exceed the standards in service, clinical, and financial performance.
Innovation: Promote creativity to enhance patient care and hospital performance through a team environment.
Accountability: Take responsibility and ownership for our actions and their outcomes.
Compassion: Be aware of the needs of others.
Safety: Eliminate or minimize potential harm to patients, visitors, physicians, and employees.
The Employee Promise: As an employee, I am committed to doing my part to fulfill the mission, vision, and values of Helen Keller Hospital. I will provide my patients, guests, coworkers, physicians, and customers with the highest quality of service and ensure their needs are met with the utmost courtesy and respect. This commitment must be reflected in my behavior.
Job Summary:
The RN identifies patient needs and priorities for care though assessment. The RN plans and delegates care based on patient needs. The RN evaluates the patient's response to care and the attainment of or progress toward expected outcomes. The RN is accountable for outcomes of patient care delivered during the assigned shift. Demonstrates through behavior Helen Keller Hospital's mission, vision, and values as outlined in this document, Employee Handbook, and the Standards of Behavior.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required:
Education: Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing with current Alabama licensure.
Experience: Experience preferred; new graduates accepted.
Additional Skill/Abilities: BLS certification or eligibility/capability to certify within 90 days.
Able to work under the following conditions: contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances; exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, and illness); subject to varying and unpredictable situations; handles emergency or crisis situations; may perform emergency care; occasionally subjected to irregular hours; occasional stress due to multiple calls and inquiries. Capable of working overtime as required. Able to read, write and speak English.
Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions: Ability to perform a complete assessment on all patients and reassessment based on unit scope of care. Takes appropriate action based on assessment findings. Develop and implement interdisciplinary plan of care based on identified needs involving patient/family and evaluate/revise as needed. Develop and implement interdisciplinary teaching plan based on identified needs involving patient/family and evaluate/revise as needed. Utilize critical thinking in performing technical and manual skills to meet patient care needs. Acknowledge physicians on the unit; providing patient information, accompanying on rounds and assisting as needed. Appropriate delegation, coordination and supervision of others in the delivery of patient care. Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and utilization of critical thinking skills in the administration of medications. Documentation meets current standards and policies. Assumes accountability for appropriate utilization of resources. Performs other duties as assigned within the RN scope of practice.