Registered Nurse - Quality Staffing
Nashville, TN
About the Job
Quality Staffing, Inc., also doing business as Goddard Mason Executive Search, a leading full-service employment agency matching qualified talent with some of the area's top companies, is looking for experienced Registered Nurses to work through our agency as a contract employee with the Tennessee Department of Corrections located in Nashville, TN. This will be an on-site position working three (3) 12.5-hour shifts per week during the night shift from 6:00 pm to 7:00 am. The pay rate for this position is $64.00 per hour.
Registered Nurse Work Activities will include:
- Guiding, Directing and Motivating Subordinates:
- Supervise the application of nursing techniques required in the care and treatment of patients.
- Advise subordinate staff in policies and procedures.
- Observe employees as they perform tasks to ensure efficiency in work activities.
- Identify exceptional performance characteristics through employee discussions and personal observations.
- Discuss methods to improve performance and motivate employees by discussing employee performance.
- Resolve disputes among employees following organizational policies and procedures.
- Implement corrective measures to staff for inappropriate actions through discussions, written warnings, and recommendations for suspension or termination.
- Assisting and Caring for Others:
- Provide nursing care and procedures according to physicians' orders and nursing protocol.
- Administer medication according to the physician's orders and protocol.
- Evaluate possible side effects and the overall effectiveness of medication.
- Perform BLS (Basic Life Support), CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and other emergency responses.
- Participate in emergency response setting.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:
- Prioritize tasks based on importance, urgency, and other scheduled activities.
- Performing Administrative Activities:
- Review records to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Prepare written work schedules.
- Interview prospective employees to gather information about their work history, training, and education.
- Ask questions to assess applicant's ability to meet job requirements.
- Select applicants to recommend for hiring.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others:
- Evaluate nursing plan of care and adjust as needed.
- Train and Teaching Others:
- Identify training needs of employees and instruction detailing procedures, policies, and/or regulations pertaining to a specified area of nursing care operations.
- Scheduling Work and Activities:
- Assign staff to work plans and activities by comparing the patient needs with the staff's availability, experience, independence, and training.
- Documenting/Recording Information:
- Count and track drugs, instruments, and other accountable items.
- Record all nursing care in patient files and maintain file systems.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material:
- May maintain health care equipment, supplies, and inventory.
Competencies Needed for Registered Nurse position:
- Dealing with Ambiguity
- Decision Quality
- Delegation
- Organization
- Planning
- Conflict Management
- Perseverance
- Written Communications
- Ethics and Values
- Integrity and Trust
Knowledge Needed:
- Knowledge of accepted nursing practices and techniques and complex medical treatments.
- Knowledge of applicable laws, policies, procedures, agency administrative directives, regulations, and rules.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to assess and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive healthcare measures.
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Skills Needed:
- The skill in the application of complex professional nursing techniques.
- The skill to demonstrate critical thinking techniques to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- The skills to understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- The skill to give full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- The skill to select and use training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- The skill to monitor/access performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- The skill to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- The skill to use scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- The skill to adjust actions in relation to others' actions.
- The skill to being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- The skill to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- The skill to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Abilities Needed:
- The ability to function independently without close/continuous supervision.
- The ability to manage change.
- The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- The ability to communicate (verbally and written) information and ideas.
- The ability to assess and monitor healthcare outcomes.
- The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
- The ability to multitask between two or more activities or sources of information.
- The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without “giving out” or fatiguing.
- The ability to see details at close range (withing a few feet of the observer).
- The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Registered Nurse Education and Experience Requirements:
- Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse and have experience equivalent to one year of registered nursing.
- Or currently licensed as a Registered Nurse and education equivalent to a bachelor's or graduate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university or a diploma in registered nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
- Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Tennessee or holds a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
- A valid motor vehicle operator license is required.
- Local to the Nashville area.
Minimum Requirements Upon Hire:
- Current American Heart Association/BLS CPR-Basic Life Support Provider that is active for at least 1 year *(we ONLY accept AHA/BLS, we DO NOT accept American Red Cross; we DO NOT accept online CPR certifications).
- A 2-Step TB Skin Test *(must be willing to provide results of this test 2 weeks before starting position upon hire).
- MUST be willing to receive Influenza immunization annually.
- MANDATORY orientation upon hire *(6 days for nurses).
- MUST be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Benefits Include:
- Weekly Pay/Comparable Wages
- Major Medical Insurance
- Indemnity Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Term Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability
Interested? Here is how to apply:
- Visit our website at: www.qualitystaffing.com
- Click on “Apply Now” and complete the process.
- Follow up with a phone text to 615-540-8186, Quality Staffing's TN recruiter.
- Please text your first & last name, your email address, and job #63370, RN Night Shift, Nashville.
- This job closes on 9/27/24 (or when the positions are filled) and will no longer accept resumes after this date.
Quality Staffing, Inc. and our subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
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