Overview

Our Mission: Provide quality care and services that will improve the health of those we serve.

Our Vision: To be one of the best health care providers in our region and consistently strive to provide clinical and service excellence.

Our Values:

· Integrity: Be consistent, honest, and fair in everything we do.

· Excellence: Exceed the standards in service, clinical, and financial performance.

· Innovation: Promote creativity to enhance patient care and hospital performance through a team environment.

· Accountability: Take responsibility and ownership for our actions and their outcomes.

· Compassion: Be aware of the needs of others.

· Safety: Eliminate or minimize potential harm to patients, visitors, physicians, and employees.

The Employee Promise: As an employee, I am committed to doing my part to fulfill the mission, vision, and values of Decatur Morgan Hospital. I will provide my patients, guests, coworkers, physicians, and customers with the highest quality of service and ensure their needs are met with the utmost courtesy and respect. This commitment must be reflected in my behavior.

Responsibilities

Job Summary:

Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values.

Additionally, the registered nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care using the nursing processes of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care. Also directs and guides patient care activities of ancillary personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing. Cooperates and communicates well with all health team members to maintain the highest quality patient care. The Discharge Nurse is responsible for assuring accurate and effective discharge education specifically medication reconciliation and disease. Additionally, the Discharge Nurse is expected to work intimately with the discharge planning team in fulfilling a safe transition of care.

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required:• Uses common sense and special medical skills to care for the sick• Understands technical information from supervisors, charts, reference books, manuals and labels• Uses eyes, ears, hands and fingers with skill• Acts quickly in an emergency, rendering appropriate life-saving measures• Communicates with people• Change from one duty to another frequently• Follow and/or give precise instructions• Records and interprets information accurately• Able to care for patients of all ages• Demonstrates leadership skill / ability• Current in BLS and ACLS

Reasoning, Mathematical and Language Development are indicative of the general level of development required to do this job. Some, but not necessarily all, areas mentioned in this section will be included in this job.

Reasoning Development: Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Deals with several abstract and concrete variables.

Mathematical Development:Practical application of fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion in addition to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division abilities.

Language Development: Reading: Read scientific and technical journals, abstracts, and financial reports. Records data via paper and electronic means.

Speaking: Communicates verbally using effective voice tone, diction and medical terminology.

RELATIONSHIPS TO DATA, PEOPLE AND THINGS:

Data: Gathers, complies and classifies information about patients and other people. Analyzes and interprets data to carry out plan of care for the patient.

People: Speaking, hearing, talking with people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving directions to staff, patients, families and/or visitors.

Things: Manual dexterity: Use of body members or special devices to work, and perform functions pertinent to accomplishment of job assignment.

Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Possesses a nursing license in good standing in the State of Alabama

Experience: A minimum of two years clinical experience in the specialty setting i.e. Med/Surg, Critical Care etc.

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions1. Ensure a complete and accurate discharge medication reconciliation2. Complete and validate understanding of discharge education / instruction3. Arrange for follow-up appointments / services 4. Arrange for transportation when appropriate5. Coordinate with Case Management and/or Social Services to ensure a complete safe transition of care plan