Attachment B - Statement of Duties Med Surg RN.pdf
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This document contains a statement of duties for a Medical Surgical Registered Nurse position at the Gallup Indian Medical Center. The duties include observing and assessing patients through physical exams, interviews, and medical history reviews to determine care needs. The nurse administers medications, treatments, IVs, blood transfusions and other therapeutic measures as prescribed by physicians. Additional responsibilities are consulting with the multidisciplinary care team on patient management, initiating emergency treatment and resuscitation protocols, developing individualized care plans, and providing nursing care to address patients' physical, emotional, spiritual and sociocultural needs. Further duties are managing telemetry patients, functioning as a primary nurse across hospital units, participating in performance and quality improvement projects, and maintaining professional licensure and certifications.
The related federal contract opportunity is solicitation number 75H71021Q00008 from the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service seeking non-personal healthcare services from various registered nurses for emergency, intensive care, perioperative and other departments.
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03/2016
Indian Health Service
Statement of duties
Position title:
Duty location:
Provide specific statement of duties for position to be filled:
| Position title: Med Surge |
| Duty location: Gallup Indian Medical Center |
| Provide specific statement of duties for position to be filled: Certification Requirements: |
1. ACLS
2. BCLS
Shift:
84 hrs per period 12 hr Day/Night Rotating Weekends and Holidays
Statement of Duties:Statement of Duties: This position is located in the Division of Nursing Service at Gallup Indian Medical Center. The Medical Surgical Units are located on the 2nd and third floors. The second floor unit consists of a 15 bed unit. The third floor has the capacity of 19 beds. Both units have telemetry patients they care for and manage. Clinical specialties for these units include surgery, trauma, medical, psychiatry, and many other sub-specialties.
• Observes and assesses patient’s health status by physical assessment and examination, interviewing the patient and family members, and reviewing the patient’s health history.
o Makes an assessment of the patient’s condition recognizing the range of normal and the manifestations of common abnormalities, nursing interventions needed, therapeutic measures, and other relevant information to the patient’s condition.
• Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician such as medication, treatments, IV fluids, blood transfusions, nasogastric tubes, foleys, etc.
• Consults with members of the multidisciplinary team for management of the patient.
• Initiate treatment, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing protocols in conjunction with ACLS guidelines.
• Makes an individualized plan of care for the patient.
• Provides nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and sociocultural needs of the patient in the inpatient care setting.
• Management and care of telemetry patients.
• Functions as a primary nurse on all units of the hospital.
• Participates in performance standards, measures, and projects for improved patient outcomes.
• Initiates change in procedures and approaches to care as necessary for quality assurance.
• Fosters patient motivation and compliance in adhering to required routines by counseling and assisting patient to understand and accept implications of care, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Maintains professional knowledge and skill, and keeps license and certifications current.
• Observes clinical conditions of adults o Interprets findings and immediately decides proper action o Collaborates with care team on findings
• Administers blood components as ordered
• Is a member of the multidisciplinary care team and provides feedback when necessary regarding discharge planning and education for patient and family.
• Coordinates available resources to provide patient and family with social, age specific, emotional, educational, cultural, spiritual, and physical support.
• Maintains a professional caring attitude when dealing with patients, their families, hospital health care providers, ancillary staff, and other staff.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement activities on assigned unit.
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