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Job Description
General Summary
The Clinical Nurse II is a clinical practitioner who coordinates and implements patient care specific to the age and type of patient population served in the assigned departments. She/he ensures that quality care is provided in an efficient and safe manner, consistent with the unit’s standards of care. She/he demonstrates performance consistent with the mission, vision and goals of the unit and organization; remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats patients, families, staff, and physicians with respect and consideration.
Primary Responsibilities
Patient Care Management and Clinical Judgment: Develops, interprets, implements, evaluates and documents a plan of care for each patient using the nursing process, specific to the age and type of patients served. Demonstrates effective decision-making and critical thinking skills coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and experiential knowledge. Safely performs and documents nursing interventions consistent with nursing care standards and division/department policies.
Communication, Advocacy, Collaboration and Diversity: Communicates relevant patient information. Incorporates differences (individual, cultural, spiritual, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, lifestyle, family configuration, socioeconomic status, age, values, and alternative medicine) into the provision of care, involving patient, family and members of the healthcare team.
Facilitator of Learning: Communicates knowledge and facilities patient/family/community and staff learning.
Caring Practices: Treats everyone in a caring, professional image and instill confidence in the care received. Demonstrates behaviors (vigilance, engagement, responsiveness) which are responsive to the uniqueness of the patient and family and crate a compassionate and therapeutic environment with the aim of promoting comfort and preventing unnecessary suffering.
Professional Practices, Innovation, Intuition, and Integrity: Demonstrates commitment to the organizational/department mission, vision, goals, and objectives by incorporating the organization’s values into his/her daily work