Registered Nurse (RN) - Neurology Unit - Memorial Regional Medical Center

About the position

The Med-Surg Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, providing care to patients with medical and surgical diagnoses, implementing clinical nursing interventions, having a highly diverse medical skillset, developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes, and ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. The primary focus is on post-stroke, TIA, encephalopathy, altered mental status, and seizure patients. This role is a great entry point into nursing for developing time management and enhancing skills and will provide NIH stroke certification.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
• Collect vital signs and administer IV medications
• Understand charting and assess patient condition
• Evaluate, update and revise plan of care to facilitate achievement of planned and expected outcomes
• Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Mercy Health policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Diploma of Nursing or Associate of Nursing from an accredited nursing program
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification – American Heart Association (preferred upon hire, must obtain prior to direct patient care)
• Previous RN experience on a similar nursing unit or Long-Term Care setting

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (preferred)

Benefits

• Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
• Prescription drug coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance w/AD&D
• Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance