Overview

　　**This is a Full-time 36 hours a week position.

　　Medical Specialty Care Unit

　　The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

　　The Medical Specialty Care Unit (MSCU) is a brand new, state of the art 16-bed progressive care unit in our new patient pavilion. The MSCU will care primarily for medically complex patients on the hospital medicine service. As a building block in terms of patient acuity, as well as professional development, to our 61-bed medicine unit, we are poised to provide a dynamic learning and team based environment for both new and experienced care providers. Inpatient medicine cares for patients of all ages and diagnoses with complex patient needs and high acuity as our specialty. Whether you want to support patients with chronic illness, acute illness, surgical consultation, or infectious disease, you will be helping them all in the MSCU. The team is built with an established leadership team ready to support the growth and expansion of this service line, giving those that join our team the ability to shape the unit culture. Come share in the excitement of opening a new unit, working with the best multidisciplinary team around, while also being able to care for a myriad of patients, never finding yourself bored. Reach out to talk with us about our Medicine unit openings today!

　　Responsibilities

　　Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.

　　Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.

　　Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.

　　Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.

　　Engages in the governance of practice.

　　Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.

　　Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.

　　Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.

　　Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.

　　Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.

　　Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.

　　Transferor

　　Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.

　　Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.

　　Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.

　　Performs other duties as required or assigned.

　　Qualifications

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.

　　BSN with one year of experience or ADN with two years of experience

　　Must obtain and maintain clinical competencies within assigned unit.

　　Excellent written, verbal and computer skills required.

　　Demonstrated abilities with problem solving, leadership, communication, fiscal responsibility and teamwork.

　　Ability to work effectively in groups of employees and with patients and patient families is essential.

　　Required Licensure/Certifications

　　Required Licensure/Certification Skills:

　　Licensed Registered Nurse in New Hampshire required.

　　Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire and as applicable, higher level per unit certification requirements as stated on the grid attached to the AHA and Life Support Policy.

　　Don't meet every single requirement?

　　Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

　　Area of Interest:Nursing;

　　FTE/Hours per pay period:0.90 - 36 hrs/per week;

　　Shift:Rotating;

　　Job ID:15761;

　　Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.