I.PURPOSE OF JOB:
Provides direct patient care and performs selected therapeutic interventions and diagnostic procedures under the direction of the Registered Nurse.
II.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Provides safe and efficient direct patient care with consideration for age-specific accommodations.
2. Collaborates with patients, families, and health care team members in order to achieve excellence in patient care.
3. Promotes patient safety through adherence to protocols, policies, procedures, evidence-based guidelines and Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.
4. Actively participates in and supports departmental and organizational quality initiatives and goals.
5. Maintains clinical competency according to unit-specific standards.
