Graduate Nurse IMC Full-Time Nights

## Position Summary **Baptist Health Walker Hospital** Recognized by The Joint Commission, Baptist Health Walker Hospital is a 267-bed facility located in Jasper and committed to serving the diverse needs of our growing community. Among the comprehensive and compassionate services offered at Baptist Health Walker Hospital are bariatrics, behavioral health, cardiac care, emergency room care, gynecology, neurology, obstetrics, orthopedics, physical therapy, advanced stroke treatment, surgical care and urology. **Benefits effective on Day 1!** At Baptist Health, we're committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, including career-growing education programs and services to support you and your family through every stage of life. - Medical and Prescription Drug Plans - Dental Plans - Comprehensive Vision Plan - Nearly five weeks of PTO for new, full-time team members - Voluntary PTO Cash-in Option - Retirement Savings Plan (with up to a 5% company match) - FSA and HSA Plans - Group Term Life Insurance - No-cost Short-term and Long-term Disability - Tuition Reimbursement (up to $5,000 a year) - Student Loan Repayment ($1,200 per year) - Four Weeks Paid Parental Leave (benefits-eligible team members) - Fertility Benefits (up to $25K lifetime maximum) - Adoption Assistance (up to $15K per child) - Back-up Child Care, Elder Care and Pet Care - Virtual and In-Person Tutoring Services - Well-Being Programs - Discounts on cell phones, insurance (auto, group accident, pet), vacations and more! - ## Responsibilities - Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance. - Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions. - Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action. - Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc. - Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol. - Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available. - Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes. - Functions as a patient and family advocate. - Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/ department. - Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician. - Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department. - Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies. - Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs. - Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients. - Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes but is not limited to patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety. - Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as…