Job Responsibilities:

• Participates in and supports quality improvement projects; participates in department and committees as assigned.
• Supervises starts of care, resumptions of care and routine visits as requested.
• Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
• Performs accurate and complete admission assessments and reassessments within specified time frame.
• Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
• Assesses and documents patients' pain using appropriate pain scale and manages patients' pain then, prioritizes and documents patient problems based on assessed needs and problems in collaboration with patient, family and health care team.
• Maintains complete and up-to-date documentation and files at all times regarding patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care and interventions.
• Escalates change in patient condition to patient’s physician as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.