About the position
Proficient Clinician. Possesses knowledge and skill to meet standards for competent professional nursing practice as specified in the Texas Nurse Practice Act. Practice is characterized by a balance of interdependent/independent decision-making and a consistent holistic approach to patient care. Proficiently functions with the interdisciplinary team; initiates team action to address patient care problems. Serves as a strong clinical leader on the unit. Directs others in responding to emergent or unusual situations. Takes the lead in developing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based standards of practice for specialty area. Provides patient care through nursing practices based upon the American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Practice and Professional Performance. Values specialty unit, nursing, and institutional strategic initiatives and health system goals.
Responsibilities
- Using specialized knowledge and skills, proficiently assesses patients and identifies actual and potential nursing diagnoses/patient care needs.
- Proficiently identifies patient care needs, formulates appropriate nursing diagnoses, develops and individualizes care plan, and revises plan of care as needed.
- Proficiently plans and prioritizes culturally congruent and specialty appropriate care for identified patient.
- Proficiently executes healthcare provider orders for all assigned patients.
- Administers medications and treatments and delivers culturally congruent and specialty appropriate proficient nursing care in accordance with UTMB's policies, procedures, and standards in a caring and compassionate manner.
- Proficiently performs routine and complex technical procedures/skills in assigned specialty area.
- Provides complex patient/family instruction and healthcare teaching based on identified learning needs.
- Identifies potential impact of family dynamics on the teaching plan.
- Utilizes evidence-based resources to provide patient/family education.
- Proficiently uses Teach-Back or other strategies to determine effectiveness and modifies strategies as needed.
- Proficiently and independently plans, coordinates, and prioritizes patient care activities according to skill level and work complexity.
- Maintains safety and continuity of care using methods such as bedside shift report, hand-off tools/processes, inter-professional rounding, etc.
- Demonstrates flexibility in time management to manage changing patient priorities.
- Proactively initiates local efforts to improve planning, coordination, and prioritization of patient care.
- Delegates appropriately; may seek guidance or clarification of non-routinely delegated tasks.
- Identifies ethical situations and initiates appropriate communication/consultation to address.
- Delivers culturally sensitive care using available resources to meet the needs of patient/family.
- Supports healthy work environment by demonstrating respectful verbal and non-verbal communication with all members of the healthcare team.
- Actively facilitates communication with informal and formal unit/hospital leaders.
- Actively leads area professional governance, unit meetings, or a unit initiative.
- Actively participates in hospital-level professorial governance, groups, or initiatives.
- Completes one Professional Leadership Activity annually.
- Actively participates in unit meetings/activities and supports the philosophy and goals of the unit/department and UTMB.
- Actively participates in presentations, professional development activities; encourages attendance/participation of colleagues.
- Actively participates in unit-based quality improvement activities; encourages colleague participation.
- Identifies patient safety concerns and reports appropriately.
Requirements
- RN with bachelor's in nursing.
- Four years of clinical RN experience.
- Approved specialty certification.
- Must possess and maintain a current RN license or valid temporary permit to practice in Texas.
- Current BLS required.
