Clinical Nurse II: E3 (Medicine), 36 hrs/week, Days

Company: Albany Medical Center
Location: Ghent
Posted on: April 12, 2025

Job Description:

Clinical Nurse II: E3 (Medicine), 36 hrs/week, Days at Albany Medical Center summary: The Clinical Nurse II is responsible for assessing, coordinating, and managing patient care in a Medical/Surgical Hospitalist unit. This role involves implementing physician orders, administering medications, and ensuring high-quality, compassionate care for patients throughout their hospital stay. The nurse collaborates with a caregiving team to create patient care plans and guides ancillary personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. Department/Unit: Medical/Surgical Hospitalist - E3 Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $72,072.00 - $74,229.26 The Registered Professional Nurse assesses, coordinates, plans, directs, implements and manages the needs of assigned patients throughout the episode of care with a focus on progress toward discharge, including during transitions within the acute care stay. The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for the delivery and coordination of patient care provided by the caregiving team. S/he assures that competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided to customers including referring facilities, hospital staff and patients in the inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Implements -physician -orders, administers -medications, starts -IVs, performs -treatments, procedures and special tests, and document treatment as required by company policy and local/state/federal rules and regulations. -
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates -diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients' conditions. -
• Assesses -and evaluates -patient needs for, and responses to, care rendered. -
• Applies -sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions. -
• Provides -primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses. -
• Administers -over-the-counter and prescription medications as ordered. -
• Collaborates -with the nursing team to create a Plan of Care for all patients. -
• Directs -and guides -ancillary personnel and maintain standards of professional nursing. - - Minimum Qualifications
  • Graduate of a professional academic nursing program in which a Diploma, Associate Degree or Baccalaureate Degree is conferred
  • Must hold current NYS Registered Nurse license
  • Obtains and maintains certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Minimum of 1-3 years of previous clinical RN experience in Med-Surg or Progressive Care
  • Excellent communication, prioritization, organizational and time-management skills
  • Possesses knowledge of quality concepts, principles, and problem-solving tools and techniques and demonstrates ability to apply in support of departmental and patient care quality improvement. Hourly Range: $34.65 - $35.69 Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!? Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a "need to know" and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification. Keywords: Clinical Nurse, Registered Nurse, patient care, acute care, medical-surgical, healthcare, nursing, patient assessment, care coordination, BLS ACLS certification

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