Acute Care RN - Intermediate Care - FT - Day

Full-time, 12-hour day shift position with 36 hours per week. Non-exempt status.

About the Role

Intermediate Care nurses provide direct care or influence care for acutely ill adult patients who are moderately stable with an elevated risk for instability. These patients require a high intensity of care and vigilance. Intermediate Care nurses practice in settings where patients require complex assessment and interventions, refining their assessment skills supported by invasive and non-invasive technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant other, as identified within the institution
• Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning; strives to manage situations in a manner that minimizes risk to the patient and the institution
• Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills
• Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration, including probability, statistical inference, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) license from the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN); multistate license accepted
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire, depending on the department
• Other Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) certifications may be required within 90 days of hire, depending on the department

Responsibilities

• Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient, situation, or setting
• Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems and issues
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation
• Develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes
• Implements identified plan through coordination of care and employs strategies to promote health and wellness
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes
• Delivers professional nursing care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring, creating caring relationships, taking uninterrupted moments with patients, and displaying unconditional acceptance and respect
• Promotes a mutually respectful environment that encourages the exchange of ideas, supports professional relationships, and integrates ethics in all aspects of practice
• Demonstrates advocacy in all roles and settings
• Practices Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles by respecting others’ uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds, or beliefs
• Communicates effectively in all areas of professional practice
• Mentors nurses new to their role to ensure successful enculturation, orientation, competence, and emotional support
• Supports students to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Commits to lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry for personal growth and development
• Demonstrates willingness to participate in and lead nursing practice process evolution within the scope of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible
• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
• Performs other duties as assigned

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Carrying: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Climbing (Ladders): Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Climbing (Stairs): Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Crawling: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Crouching: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Driving (Automatic or Standard): Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Feeling: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Grasping (Fine Motor): Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Grasping (Gross Hand): Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Handling: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Hearing: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Kneeling: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Lifting: Occasionally (1-3 hours) up to 50 lbs
• Operate Foot Controls: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Pulling: Frequently (3-5 hours) up to 50 lbs
• Pushing: Frequently (3-5 hours) up to 50 lbs
• Reaching (Forward): Occasionally (1-3 hours) up to 25 lbs
• Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally (1-3 hours) up to 25 lbs
• Repetitive Motions: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Sitting: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Standing: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Stooping: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Talking: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Walking: Frequently (3-5 hours)

Working Conditions

• Burn: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Chemical: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Combative Patients: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Dusts: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Electrical: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Explosive: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Extreme Temperatures: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Infectious Diseases: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Mechanical: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Needle Stick: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Noise/Sounds: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Other Atmospheric Conditions: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Poor Ventilation, Fumes, and/or Gases: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Radiant Energy: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Hazards (other): Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Vibration: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Wet and/or Humid: Rarely (less than 1 hour)

This is a patient-facing, on-site position with no remote work capability, supervisory responsibility, or budget responsibility.