The Registered Nurse is responsible for planning and delivering professional nursing care to patients. The Registered Nurse collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to advance the patient along the continuum of care. The Registered Nurse will ensure effective communication with patient, family, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal care.

Job Description:

• Provides patient care services utilizing the nursing process
  • Performs care planning activities utilizing assessment data or input from all team members encompassing individual patient needs throughout the continuum of care
  • Assists physicians during examinations and procedures
  • Provides treatments or administers medications as directed within the scope of practice of the registered nurse
  • Alters plan of care based on ongoing assessments
  • Documents patient condition, vital statistics, interventions, medications, diagnosis, patient responses, prescribed treatments, and treatment changes
  • Ensures efficient, quality patient outcomes through the implementation of the plan of care and effective use of all available resources
• Communicates health care needs with patient, family, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal care
  • Delegates and communicates patient care needs to appropriate team members based on skill, knowledge, and patient acuity
  • Communicates health care needs with patient, family, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal care
  • Assures daily accurate, concise reporting, and documentation of patients’ condition and needs with appropriate follow-up
  • Communicates health care needs with patient and family as appropriate for continuance of care
  • Facilitates patient education and discharge planning utilizing multidisciplinary resources
• Provides a culture of safety in order to maintain a positive patient care experience
  • Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention
  • Provides a culture of safety in order to maintain a positive patient care experience
  • Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience
  • Maintains compliance with organization’s policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards
  • Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations

Required Qualifications:

Education: Graduate of an accredited, state approved, school of nursing.

Licensure: Current MS RN license, MS 90-day temporary permit, or Compact state RN license.

Experience: One (1) year of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care environment.

Memorial Health System has been dedicated to healing, inspiring, and transforming the health of our community since 1946. With multiple hospital facilities, outpatient surgery locations and diagnostic centers, more than 100 Physician Clinics, and post-acute services including skilled nursing, you can find your fit at Memorial.

When you join our team, you join more than 5,000 individuals committed to exceptional care. We offer several of the region's most comprehensive clinical programs and medical specialties unique to the Coast, including a Level III Neonatal ICU, state-designated Level II Trauma Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and Mississippi's first nationally-certified Primary Stroke Center.

At Memorial, you are valued. We know that our increasingly diverse communities need healthcare professionals that reflect their different cultural backgrounds, perspectives, and values. We acknowledge the uniqueness of all individuals, their commonalities as well as differences, all of which have shaped their lives in meaningful ways.

The development of our team members is integral to the patient care we provide. Grow your skills, and grow with Memorial.

Memorial Health System is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran.