What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inpatient Surgical Nurse position at CARIN Alliance?
Role Summary: Provide and coordinate direct patient care on an inpatient surgical unit, ensuring safe, compliant, and compassionate support throughout the patient stay.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Assess patients and monitor condition changes to support appropriate clinical decisions.
- Administer medications and perform nursing care in line with established standards.
- Maintain accurate documentation of assessments, interventions, and patient responses.
- Provide patient and family education, answering questions and reinforcing care instructions.
- Support discharge planning by coordinating needs, education, and follow-up preparation.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to ensure coordinated care.
- Maintain patient safety, privacy, and compliance with nursing standards and hospital policies.
- Strong clinical assessment and medication administration skills.
- Excellent documentation accuracy and attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills for educating patients and families.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary care environment.
- Commitment to patient safety, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance.