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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Fort Pierce, Florida

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Registered Nurse - RN, Pt Care Coordinator

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center

Fort Pierce, FL

Facility Description:

Located in Fort Pierce, situated on the east coast of Florida, Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute offers employees a wide range of experiences in the health care arena. As the region's only Level II Trauma Center and with the most experienced full service open-heart program in the four-county area, employees benefit from access to education and training that are part of a tertiary care hospital's constant focus on high quality care.

In 2011, our 365-bed hospital earned a spot on the Joint Commission's elite list of Top Performing Hospitals based on key quality indicators. Only 14% of hospitals in the nation made the list and Lawnwood's patient outcomes placed our facility in the number one spot on that list! Join our team of top performing professionals and experience the kind of fast-paced, challenging health care you envisioned when you chose this exciting career.

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center is a member of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, Hospital Corporation of America. HCA Ranks on Fortune's list of Most Admired Companies for three consecutive years. In addition, HCA has also been named one of Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies for four consecutive years. Join our tradition of excellence!

Job Description:

The PCC supervises nursing service activities in assigned nursing unit for the duration of the assigned shift or in the absence of nursing management. The task and responsibilities of this position include:

Participates actively in the planning and distribution of patient assignments.

Evaluates the effectiveness of care and addresses any issues that affect the desired patient outcomes.

Supports nursing staff in communication with physicians to include accepting doctors' orders and communicating patient condition.

Facilitates the process of reporting patient status to the following shift of nursing personnel.

Manages the nursing care of assigned patients in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs.

Carries out physician orders.

Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs.

Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients.

Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well coordinated patient care.

Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems.

Instructs and educates patients and families.

Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Provides age and culturally appropriate care.

Orients and mentors new staff members.

Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Required Job Qualifications include:

Current licensure as an RN.

Current certification as a BLS/ACLS Healthcare Provider.

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.

Minimum of 1 year of clinical nursing experience.

Previous charge nurse experience preferred.

Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.

Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.

Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, lifting of patients and/or equipment up to 50 pounds.