Matron

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Summary:

• Candidate is responsible for managing the individualized patient care promoting and restoring patients’ health through the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychologically support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members. That is responsible to the Clinical Manager for the assigned Department.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current licensure in good standing in the state of practice, and all other states where license is held.
• Evidence of 1 year of nursing experience in specialty within the past two years.
• Evidence of BLS and all additional required credentials specific to nurse specialty and as designated by health care organization.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing the data collection based on policies, procedures or protocols.
• Conducts ongoing assessments as determined by patient’s condition and/or the client facility’s policies, procedures or protocols and reprioritizes care accordingly.
• Develops plan of care that is individualized for the patient reflection collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.
• Performs appropriate treatments as ordered by physician in an accurate and timely manner.
• Performs therapeutic nursing interventions as establish by individualized plan of care for the patient and his/her family.
• Delivers care with appropriate age and cultural competence to specific patients populations according to individualized needs.
• Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to the patient’s and family’s diversity, preserving their autonomy, dignity and rights.
• Reports patients’ condition to appropriate personnel during each shift. Reviewing professional publications: establishing personal networks: participating in professional societies.