Job Description

Job Summary To render professional nursing care to a group of assigned patients within the hospital. Collaborates with the medical staff and other members of the health care team to provide quality patient care. Performs all activities in accordance with approved policies and guides. Supervises and delegates appropriate duties to ancillary personnel. COMPANY DESCRIPTION Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture of Duke University Health System one of the country’s leading academic health systems and LifePoint Health a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier. These two forces joined because of the shared interest in collaborating with hospitals healthcare providers and patients to bring high quality innovative healthcare services to communities. Duke LifePoint combines Duke’s unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence and quality care with LifePoint's extensive resources and knowledge and experience operating community hospitals and healthcare organizations. Essential Functions Communicates with multidisciplinary team members by sharing pertinent patient data and needs. Provides accurate and timely handoff communications. Keeps patients and their families informed about their care. Establishes individualized nursing diagnosis based on assessment data and formulates care plan. Collaborates with patient and family members to address care needs and provide patient centered care. Adjusts plan of care appropriately. Patient/family care needs and/or problems are promptly identified and addressed. Patients are regularly assessed and reassessed. Patient responses to nursing and MD interventions and treatments are evaluated and documented in the ongoing assessment data. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach initiates discharge planning to meet the discharge care needs of each individual patient. Provides patient and family education in regard to the hospitalization/admission medications and/or in preparation for discharge. Upon discharge provides appropriate discharge instructions to include follow-up and referral needs. Uses safe medication practices (Read Back double checks) and documents outcomes such as patient response to new medication side effects and adverse reactions. Completes medication reconciliation upon admission transfer and discharge. Assists with orientation and training of others as directed. Employee supervises others. Benefits - Wide range of benefits options! Here at Frye you choose your own Medical Dental and Vision plans from a variety of competitive options that give you the coverage that best fits your needs. HSA 401(K) retirement plan contributions Generous Paid Time Off Accident & Critical Illness Insurance Prescription Assistance with OptumRx Income protection programs for the entire family such as life insurance Short/Long-term Disability and Identity Theft. Employee Assistance program at no cost to you to provide emotional legal financial and daily life support for your entire household. Services are available 24 hrs. a day 7 days a week. Free travel and entertainment discount program to ensure you enjoy your time away from work. Vitality Employee Wellness Plan allows you to take up to 30% off of your bi-weekly health insurance premiums. You also accrue points which allows you to buy merchandise or gift cards at no cost to you. Why join our team? Frye Regional Medical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinical staff. Our medical center is a 355-bed acute care facility which offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Frye Regional Medical Center is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet the healthcare needs of our community. We believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensure employee satisfaction. If you are passionate about changing lives we are looking for you! Minimum Education Associate's degree required Bachelor's degree preferred Licenses/Certifications Basic Life Support (BLS) required Current RN license to practice in NC Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 3 months of hire/transfer required Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran