Primary Purpose: To provide quality Patient care following the standards using the nursing process in order to maintain a safe environment to provide patient and family education and to provide proper documentation for billing. Performs other duties as assigned.
Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities: No formal responsibility. The policies associated with the job’s purpose and essential responsibilities are set by others.
Routine Decision Making: Alterations in patient assessment; determines patient educational requirements; determines when to contact the provider.
Formal Supervisory Responsibility: No formal supervisory responsibility.
Unusual Working Conditions: Risk of blood, body fluid contamination. Risk of injury related to poor body mechanics. Risk for injury from aggressive, combative or disoriented patients. Potential exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals.
Age Specific Competencies: May provide care for birth to pediatric (birth-2 yrs.), pediatric/child patients between (2 yrs-12 yrs.); adolescent patients between 12 to 18 years of age; adult patients between 18 to 64 years; and geriatric patients 65 years and older.
QualificationsEducation and Certification: RN degree required. BSN preferred. Current RN licensure in the state of Missouri or compact licensure to practice in Missouri required. BLS and NIH Stroke Certification required within 90 days of being hired. ACLS and PALS preferred. Annual stroke education hours per hospital policy. NVCI or equivalent class as determined to be required by the facility.
Required Knowledge: Nursing process; critical care; medications and treatments; growth and development; disease processes; interpretation of lab results.
Required Skills and Ability: Good communication skills; assessment skills; time management skills; proficient computer skills; clinic skills; problem solving skills; and knowledge of hospital policies and procedures.
Skills Required
- RN degree
- Current RN licensure in Missouri or compact licensure to practice in Missouri
- BLS (Basic Life Support)
- NIH Stroke Certification within 90 days of hire
- BSN
- ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
- PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
- Annual stroke education hours per hospital policy
- NVCI or equivalent class as required by the facility
- Knowledge of nursing process, critical care, medications and treatments, growth and development, disease processes, interpretation of lab results
- Skills: communication, assessment, time management, proficient computer skills, clinic skills, problem solving
What We Do
Cass Regional Medical Center is a general, acute care and critical access hospital located in Harrisonville, Missouri. Serving Cass County and the surrounding region, it provides a full range of services, from primary and specialty care to emergency services, rehabilitation, and community health programs. The hospital features advanced diagnostic capabilities, including MRI and CT scanning, and maintains specialized medical/surgical, intensive care, and behavioral health units.
