Job Description
Facility: Administrative Regional Training Cntr
Shift: Shift 1
Status: Full Time FTE: 1.000000
Bargaining Unit: ACE Associates
Exempt from Overtime: Exempt: Yes
Work Schedule: Days with Call Weekend and Holiday Rotation
Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm Variable
The Graduate Nurse Residency position offers training, education and professional development through approximately a 9-12 month transition to becoming an RN in home care. Training and orientation begins in a sub-acute setting and transitions to a home care setting once skills are mastered and NYS licensure received. The Graduate Nurse, working under the supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse, coordinates total patient care through assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating. Extended training continues in home care.
Responsibilities:
EDUCATION:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, college or university
- BSN preferred
- Licensure and current registration as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of New York within four (4) months from date of hire. Required to obtain BLS within four months from date of hire.
EXPERIENCE:
- On the job training provided
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY:
- Demonstrates the reliability to be present as scheduled for work meetings, and/or in-service as requested
- Must possess a valid driver's license and have a car available for work use
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Computer skills required - software appropriate to position
- Ability to prioritize
- Strong assessment skills required
- Adaptable to inside and outside environmental conditions
- Ability to multi task
- Roles includes a variety of problems to be solved under general guidelines, and calls for a variety of decisions, some of which are complex and must be referred to a resource person
