Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg
North Mississippi Health Services
Tupelo, MS

**JOB SUMMARY**

The Graduate Registered Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services is responsible for using the nursing process to provide safe, quality patient care, communicating effectively with the multidisciplinary team, and complying with regulatory requirements. The role requires effective leadership skills, problem-solving abilities, and the ability to respond to rapidly changing patient needs.

 

**JOB** **FUNCTIONS**

Clinical Practice:

* Uses the nursing process to provide safe, quality patient care and document accordingly.
* Works to ensure compliance with all NMHS policies and requirements as directed by the Nurse Manager and Educator.

Education:

* Provides patient/family education and acts as a resource for existing staff and new employees.
* Can participate in the Preceptor class to ensure proper training of new employees.

Communication:

* Maintains communication with multidisciplinary team members to provide holistic care to the patient.
* Attends daily huddles on each unit to ensure proper assignments and identify team members for the shift.

Customer Relations:

* Projects caring, friendly, and helpful image to patients and other customers.
* Utilizes the patient’s communication board (whiteboard) to identify name, date, goals, other staff, and procedures or tests for the day to keep the patients and families informed.
* Complies with NMHS behavioral standards.

Self-Development:

* Maintains competency by staying informed of changing trends in the nursing practice.
* Attends annual review and unit specifics within the department.
* Performs required continuing education hours online and in classroom.

Regulatory Knowledge:

* Complies with regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.
* Licensed by the Board of Nursing for the state.


 

 

 

**QUALIFICATIONS**

 

 **Education**

 

 

**Education Level**

**Education Details**

**Required/Preferred**

 

 

Associate's Degree

Nursing

Required


 

 


**Licenses and Certifications**
 

 

 

 

**Licenses and Certifications**

**Licenses and Certifications Details**

**Time Frame**

**Required/**
**Preferred**

 

 

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure

Must be licensed to practice as a RN

 

Required

And

 

 

Must complete RN orientation and approved unit specific checklist

 

Required

And

 

CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation

Must maintain a current AHA CPR Certification

 

Required

 

 

NIH - National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification

Requirement for Emergency Room

 

Required

 

 

PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Requirement for Emergency Room

 

Required

 

 

 

ASLS Certified for Emergency Room

 

Required

 


**Work Experience**

 

 

 

**Number of Years**

**Work Experience Details**

**Required/**
**Preferred**

 

 

 

 

 


**Knowledge Skills and Abilities**
 

 

 

 

**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**

**Required/Preferred**

**Proficiency**

Must maintain department requirements for continuing education and any specific unit requirements to provide appropriate age specific care

Selection Required

N/A

Must have effective communication and teaching skills

Selection Required

N/A

General knowledge of various regulatory and accrediting standards

Selection Required

N/A

Prioritizes/delegates/evaluates work assignments

Selection Required

N/A

Anticipates resources needed

Selection Required

N/A

Assimilates data and reports appropriately

Selection Required

N/A

Orients new employees to the unit and reports progress to charge nurse or nurse manager

Selection Required

N/A

The incumbent has routine contact with physicians, ancillary personnel, other nursing personnel, patients, family, visitors.

Selection Required

N/A

The incumbent must demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to all customers/co-workers, and in all aspects of patient care and job performance

Selection Required

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



**SCOPE**
**Freedom To Act:**
**Problem Solving:**
**Impact:**
**Financial Responsibility:**

* Sales Revenue Target Responsibility: 
* Approval Responsibility:
* P & L Responsibility:
* Assets Controlled:
* Controllable Expenses (e.g., Payroll and other budgeted items):
* Total Financial Responsibility:

**Budget Responsibility**

* Primary Budget Responsibility:
* Shared Budget Responsibility: