RN - SANE 2 (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) - Forensic Program

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ACCOUNTABILITIES

All duties listed below are essential unless noted otherwise*

1. SANE Specific Responsibilities

a. Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with local Rape Crisis personnel, law enforcement agencies, social work, and emergency department personnel.

b. Performs forensic examinations and collection of evidence in accordance with state and professional organization guidelines.

c. Demonstrates competence in the use of additional evidence collection tools such as colposcope, Bluemaxx light, toluidine blue, and photo documentation.

d. Completes SANE documentation to include consents, discharge instructions, assessment, and interventions.

e. Initiates appropriate referrals for follow up after care as needed.

f. Performs quality assurance functions and other duties as assigned by the program coordinator.

2. Patient & Family Centered Care

a. Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinate care based on respect for patient preference, values, and needs.

b. Elicit and communicate patient values, preferences, and expressed needs.

c. Provide patient-centered care with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. Engage patients or designated surrogates in active partnerships that promote health, safety and well-being, and self-care management.

d. Addresses patient family education needs considering patient level of comprehension, style of learning from the point of entry through discharge.

e. Navigates and collaborates with patient, family and healthcare team regarding the care provided and needed to ensure appropriate transition along the continuum.

f. Evaluates patient's response and interventions to ensure optimal patient care.

3. Evidence-Based Practice

a. Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.

b. Base individualized care plan on patient values, clinical expertise, and evidence.

4. Nursing Practice

a. Assesses, formulates nursing diagnosis, plans, and implements and continually evaluates effectiveness of the individualized written nursing care plan and delivery of nursing care for each patient assigned.

b. Analyzes and prioritizes problems and makes sound judgments based on logic and/or critical thinking skills.

5. Safety and Quality Improvement

a. Improve the safety and quality of healthcare systems by minimizing the risk of harm to patients and the healthcare team.

b. Administers medications and executes regimens as authorized by the state licensure.

c. Incorporates quality measures and data to understand individual and system performance.

d. Applies use of technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality.

e. Identifies strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others.

f. Participates in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice projects or research.

g. Promotes and incorporates error prevention techniques.

h. Report safety concerns and events including near misses.

6. Informatics & Technology

a. Promote and incorporate use of technology to communicate, manage information, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.

b. Navigates, plans patient care, and documents ongoing status, interventions, patient responses, and outcomes in accurate, timely manner in the electronic health record.

c. Responds appropriately to clinical decision-making supports and alerts.

d. Advocates protecting the integrity of the healthcare record and the privacy of each patient.

7. Communication, Teamwork & Collaboration

a. Interacts effectively with patient, families and with healthcare team to foster open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making.

b. Functions as the coordinator of the patient's plan of care through interaction and communication with healthcare team.

c. Acts with integrity, consistency, and respect for diversity.

d. Functions within scope of practice.

e. Delegates to other team members as appropriate.

f. Escalates barriers, safety and clinical concerns utilizing appropriate chain of command.

8. Leadership & Professionalism

a. Influences the behavior of individuals or groups within the environment to facilitate goal establishment and achievement.

b. Accountable for the delivery of nursing care consistent with the core values, mission, philosophy, and policies of ProMedica.

c. Understands and maintains a current working knowledge of scope of practice as outlined by state Board of Nursing.

d. Integrates leadership skills to promote systems thinking, communication, and facilitating change.

e. Participates in healthcare teams to improve patient care, the work environment, and patient and staff satisfaction.

f. Accountable to own nursing practice by following nursing process. Assigns, directs, delegates, and supervises ancillary personnel and support staff in carrying out particular roles/functions aimed at achieving patient care goals.

9. Systems-Based Practice

a. Participates in practices endorsed at the healthcare system level.

b. Plans, organizes, and delivers patient care in the context of the work unit.

c. Practices bedside report/hand-offs as applicable.

d. Escalates concerns utilizing appropriate chain of command to maintain safety, quality, and patient satisfaction.

10. Competencies, Skills, Training & Abilities

a. Complies with nursing process.

b. Ability to respond effectively and efficiently to critical situations involving patients, personnel, and visitors in a professional manner.

c. Performs basic nursing skills competently.

d. Ability to evaluate own daily practice for errors and pursue corrective action.

e. Engages in the changing environment and is open to new ideas.

f. Functions as a dependable team member, assisting when requested or when the need is obvious.

g. Communicates effectively and empathetically with all members of the healthcare team including patients.

h. Responsible for continued professional growth, development, and competency.

i. Navigate and retrieve information from the computer and healthcare record.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Associate degree in Nursing

Skills: Completion and passage of an Adult/Adolescent/Pediatric Sexual Assault Training Program.

Years of Experience: Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience.

License:

• SANE 2/METRO NORTH: Current state license as a Registered Nurse in Michigan and Ohio.
• SANE 2/METRO SOUTH: Current licensed as a Registered Nurse in Ohio.
• The RN in Ohio must complete 24 hours of continuing education during his/her licensure period. At least 1-hour of contact hours must be related to Chapter 4723 of the Ohio nurse practice code and rules
• The RN in Michigan must complete required hours of continuing education during his/ her licensure period, 2 hours of Implicit Bias education, 2 hours of pain management education and 1 Human Trafficking educational training (in a lifetime).  
• Maintains knowledge and training regarding legislation and evidence collection by achieving a minimum of 4-hours of SANE specific continuing education annually.
• Participates in SANE "On-Call" schedule with adherence to business unit guidelines.

Certification: Current BLS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education: BSN

Skills: SANE program training

Years of Experience: 3+ years of nursing experience.

License: N/A

Certification: SANE-A &/or SANE-P

WORKING CONDITIONS

Personal Protective Equipment: Demonstrates knowledge and use of standard precautions & PPE2.

Physical Demands: Must be able to tolerate exposure to dust fumes, chemicals, temperature changes, and exposure to blood-borne pathogens and bodily fluids. Must be able to attain all health requirements as identified by the organization (i.e., PPD, respirator training, vaccines as appropriate). Must be able to move about the hospital and between workstations; and tolerate prolonged periods of standing. Must be able to frequently move, lift or carry light to heavy patients or equipment. Must be able to lift medium materials, non-material handling; walking, bending, stooping, and reaching; frequent pushing pulling, and/or squatting. Must be able to travel to other selected facilities.

The above list of accountabilities is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the positions; it should not be considered exhaustive. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or other status protected by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace

ProMedica is a mission-driven, not-for-profit health care organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. It serves communities across nine states and provides a range of services, including acute and ambulatory care, a dental plan, and academic business lines. ProMedica owns and operates 10 hospitals and has an affiliated interest in one additional hospital. The organization employs over 1,300 health care providers through ProMedica Physicians and has more than 2,300 physicians and advanced practice providers with privileges. Committed to its mission of improving health and well-being, ProMedica has received national recognition for its clinical excellence and its initiatives to address social determinants of health. For more information about ProMedica, please visit  

Benefits:

We provide flexible benefits that include compensation and programs to help you take care of your family, your finances and your personal well-being. It's what makes us one of the best places to work, and helps our employees live and work to their fullest potential.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact

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