Are you looking for a nursing opportunity where you can use and develop your critical thinking skills while caring for interesting and complex surgical patients?
Then welcome to our unit!
Registered Nurse (RN)
Full-time 3x12 hour shifts, D/N rotation
L4WD is a dynamic, fast-paced 35-bed medical-surgical unit. Our primary patient populations include thoracic, colorectal, surgical oncology, general surgery, and vascular surgery, providing a diverse and rewarding range of clinical experiences. Thoracic surgery is an important part of our practice, offering nurses opportunities to care for patients undergoing complex procedures and navigate specialized postoperative recovery pathways.
Our team cares for patients throughout their surgical journey, from immediate postoperative recovery to discharge and beyond. Nurses gain experience caring for patients undergoing colorectal procedures, new and reversed ostomies, hernia repairs, vascular surgeries and complex surgical oncology procedures, including Whipple procedures. Our thoracic population provides additional opportunities to develop specialized skills in caring for patients following esophagectomies and other complex thoracic surgeries. Nurses also gain experience with a variety of bedside procedures and interventions, including bronchoscopy, chest tube tPA/Dornase administration, and talc pleurodesis. With an average length of stay of approximately five days, our team balances efficient patient progression and discharge planning with the individualized care required for patients experiencing more complex or prolonged recoveries.
Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
Engages in the governance of practice.
Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
Performs other duties as required or assigned.
How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
