Registered Nurse - Cath Lab - Casual - Days

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities they serve and the people they employ. This includes helping families grow through special deliveries, offering compassionate care for difficult diagnoses, ensuring patient needs are met, and celebrating patients' achievements.

Responsibilities

• Provide appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, ensuring understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the Population Specific Criteria.
• Demonstrate ability to identify opportunities for and give individualized customer service/patient care according to customer/patient needs.
• Perform an initial and ongoing assessment to determine the assigned patient's ongoing nursing care needs. Include data from the patient/significant other(s) in the assessment as appropriate. Prioritize data collection according to patient's immediate needs.
• Develop/review/revise and individualize the plan of care to address the patient's nursing care needs for optimum patient care outcomes. Consultation and resources, nurses as teachers.
• Collaborate with providers and other clinical disciplines as appropriate. Provide teaching specific to the patient's health care problem.
• Implement interventions that are consistent with the established plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner (Professional Models of Care).
• Able to competently perform technical skills independently to assure patient safety (autonomy).
• Maintain a professional behavior in attitude, demeanor, interactions to achieve organization's mission. Quality Improvement, Image of Nursing, Interdisciplinary Relationships, Professional Development, community and the healthcare organization.
• Communicate effectively to solve problems at the personal and unit level. Take pride in the unit by actively participating in restocking and maintaining a clean environment.
• Initiate action to correct, prevent, and/or minimize risk(s) to the patient, family or hospital employees (e.g., falls, needle sticks, patient concerns).

Requirements

• Education: BSN or MSN from an accredited college of nursing required OR obtained within 5 years from date of hire for nurses with an ADN. For MJE Progressive Care: BSN preferred, graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• Experience: NMH CT Scan: 1 to 3 years’ experience in direct patient care and proficient in intravenous (IV) start skills. NMH MRI: 1 to 3 years’ experience in direct patient care and proficient in intravenous (IV) start skills. NMH Nuclear Medicine: 5 years’ experience in nursing clinical settings and general experience in all areas of nursing practice. MJE Neurodiagnostics: Minimum 2 years of nursing experience in cardiac/ICU. NMH PACU: Critical Care or Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) experience. NMH Surgery GI Lab: 1 to 2 years nursing experience. NMH Cath Lab: 1 year experience in Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac Unit, Emergency Room, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Progressive Care unit. NMH Surgery Pre Op Services: 1 to 2 years nursing experience. Surgery OP Support HW: Minimum 2 years related experience in RN role. MFH Radiology Diagnostics: 3 years experience in direct patient care and proficient in IV start skills.
• Licenses/Certifications: Current valid Registered Nurse (RN) license, valid compact multistate license, or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure. Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire. Current American Heart Association Advanced Cardio Life Support (ACLS). NMH Surgery Pre Op Services: ACLS required within 3 months of hire. Surgery OP Support HW: ACLS required within 6 months of hire. MJE Progressive Care: ACLS required within 1 year of hire. MFH Radiology Diagnostics: ACLS required within 3 months of hire. Preferred: Certification(s) in area of specialty preferred from National Certification Corporation (NCC) within 1 year of eligibility.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients, family members, hospital personnel, and co-workers.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize work assignments.
• Ability to learn, retain, and utilize computer skills that are required for department and hospital information system.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients, family members, hospital personnel, and co-workers.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize work assignments.
• Ability to learn, retain, and utilize computer skills that are required for department and hospital information system.

Benefits

Competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a great work environment where all employees are valued!

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

M-F daytime hours, with on-call after hours. This is a casual position. Casual employees work on an 'as needed' basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week.

Job Description

Accountable for the delivery of quality care to patients and families according to the individualized needs of the patient.

Application Instructions

Not specified.