Registered Nurse: Genesis Health System

Our Mission
Genesis Health System exists to provide compassionate, quality health services to all those in need.

Our Vision
Genesis Health System will be the health care provider of choice in our Iowa-Illinois region. We strive to advance health status by offering a full spectrum of high quality health services and technology.

Our Values
Genesis Health System realizes and is committed
to the mission and vision through:

• Integrity We are honest, open in our communications, and consistent in doing what we say we will do.
• Compassion We provide a caring response to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of all.
• Accountability We accept individual and collective responsibility for everything we do.
• Respect We recognize the dignity and worth of the individual, acknowledging the diversity of needs, experiences and talents of each person.
• Excellence We strive to achieve the best in everything we do.

Job Details:

Varied days, rotating shifts, part-time 28 hours per week.

Purpose: Provides and directs safe, effective, and culturally-competent care for adolescent through aging adult patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy. Key accountabilities include assessment, diagnosis, outcomesidentification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using critical thinking and evidenced-based practice; adherence to the Professional Practice Standards as defined by ANA; and active participation in quality monitoring and performance improvement activities.

Reports To: Manager

Supervisory Direction: The job requires some accountability for scheduling, assigning or coordinating work. Employees check the quality of work and provide guidance, instruction, training and direction to others. Although the job does not require formal or official supervisory responsibility, the incumbent serves as group leader or acts in an informal "assistant supervisory" or "lead" role. In addition, the employee may be expected to provide information or suggestions on human resources matters.

Materials Responsibility: Limited: Work requires limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss. Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is

Key Relationships: Co-workers/Health System Employees, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff, Students/Interns/Residents/Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

Education: Associate's Degree

Field of Study: Nursing

Special Training: Basic Life Support

Training Preferred: Baccalaureate in Nursing

Licensure/Registration: Registered Nurse in Iowa

Experience: No experience required.

Interpersonal Skills: Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are of moderate difficulty and sensitivity. Contact with others may involve detailed & lengthy dialogues & exchanges of information. Requires a moderate amount of interpersonal skills. Interactions involve dealing with moderately complicated problem situations or stressful encounters.

Physical Demands: Moderate Intensity: Work requires moderate physical exertion. Forces exerted are equivalent to lifting between 10 and 25 pounds. Job requirements for manual dexterity or physical manipulation are also moderate. The need for physical stamina and endurance is of some significance. The degree of physical strain produced on the job is moderately taxing, and is fatiguing. Work could involve a considerable amount of walking, standing, a confining or tiring work position, or constant periods of sitting in one position where freedom does not exist to walk about. The position exceeds these moderate intensity demands occasionally, 10-35% of the time.

Working Conditions: There is routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment. Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee is exposed to these conditions exceed 70% of their work day.