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Job Summary:The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.Essential Responsibilities:* Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.* Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.* Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.* Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.* Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.* Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.* Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.* Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.* Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.* Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.* Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.* Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.* Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.* Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.* Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.* Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.* Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.* Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.* Participates in nursing research activities as requested.* Identifies and solves problems effectively.* Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.* Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.* Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information. Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.* Perform other related duties as necessary.* Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.* Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.* Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.* Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.* Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.* If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.