GENERAL

1. Minimum experience in the field – typically 1-2 years or more as defined by the facility; some facilities may require previous travel experience.
2. Demonstrates competence in clinical skills, problem solving, conflict resolution, and delegation per hospital policy/professional judgement, priority setting, and time management.
3. Demonstrates workplace professionalism, with respect to punctuality, dependability and proper decorum.
4. Documents all patient care provided in a precise, organized and timely manner according to hospital policy and procedure. Demonstrates competency with all computer charting, if applicable.
5. Possesses effective verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
6. Possesses the ability to adapt to stressful and potential crisis situations, often changing from one task to another of a different nature, without loss of efficiency or composure.
7. Able to perform under stressful conditions when confronted with multiple requests, demonstrating prioritizing skills.
8. Accepts assignment to mentor students, when applicable.
9. Seeks opportunities to help teammates (traveler and/or permanent staff) during shift as needed.
10. Accepts and completes other assignment tasks in a professional manner.
11. Performs other duties as assigned
12. Recognizes client as on-site supervisor of professional performance and daily assignment
13. Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
14. Maintains active professional certification and licensure, as required.
15. Maintains active state licensures, when applicable, respective to particular state of assignment location.
16. The work requires some physical exertion such as long periods of standing, recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities; recurring lifting of up to 50 pounds.

RN / LPN

1. Conducts holistic patient/family assessments upon admission according to defined standards. Ongoing patient/family assessments/reassessments are completed according to the appropriate nursing diagnoses, protocols, and unit standards of care. Collects subjective and objective data related to the patients' status and nursing needs.
2. Identified nursing diagnoses and / or protocols for each patient, based on assessment at the time of admission. Revises plan of care based on patient condition and interdisciplinary input.
3. Develops individualized patient/family plans of care using nursing diagnoses or protocols to meet physical, psychosocial, developmental, and educational needs. Revises the plan of care based on patient condition in collaboration with appropriate disciplines.
4. Evaluates nursing actions for effectiveness to include patient/family response and progression towards goals/outcomes, care maps, etc. revising as necessary. Revises plan of are based on patient's condition, interdisciplinary input, and family needs.
5. Performs reassessment based on unit standards, nursing diagnoses, protocol and changes in patient condition.
6. Provides discharge instructions to the patient and/or family that clearly state patient care needs after discharge.
7. Implements nursing actions in accordance with the patient/family plan of care and patient condition/needs
8. Administers treatments and medications according to facility policy.
9. Incorporates critical thinking into the delivery of clinical skills and in analyzing patient response to orders, tests, labs, medications, and treatments.
10. Must possess a current valid license in the appropriate state.
11. Must be certified in CPR and possess other certifications as requested by the facility.

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