Registered Nurse I-Acute Telemetry-Full Time

Responsibilities

• Moves through the OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan addressing all significant needs and problems identified through nursing assessment.
• Prepares nursing elements of the interdisciplinary care plan prior to the initial team conference.
• Reviews and updates nursing care plan and collaborates with team members as changes occur.
• Implements patient care as planned in the nursing care plan and interdisciplinary care plan.
• Sets priorities based on knowledge of patient acuity and patient needs.
• Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.
• Safely performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent with established nursing policy and procedure.
• Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
• Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as needed on a weekly basis.
• Completes nursing progress notes for assigned patients on a daily basis.
• Completes nursing flow sheets for assigned patients on a daily basis.
• Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
• Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
• Explains procedures, tests, and disease processes to patients and families as needed.
• Acts as a role model for health care students and other team members.
• Acts as a preceptor to assigned orientees.
• Aids in the orientation of new staff by sharing knowledge and experience.
• Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
• Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
• Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.

Job Requirements

• Education/Skills: Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.
• Experience: Six months to a year of experience as a licensed RN or holder of an active GN permit.
• Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications: BLS required, RN License in state of employment or compact, Graduate Nurse Permit.
• Skills completion and competency completion: Achieved with the preceptor at the bedside and documented through the program’s tracking software.
• Annual competency verification requirements: Completion of all annual competency verification requirements.
• Experience: One year of experience in a related nursing specialty preferred.
• Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications: Current ACLS certification required.
• Credential Grace Periods: Additional credentials are required per the Position Requirements section, with a grace period dependent on experience level.
• New to the Specialty: Candidates with at least one year of acute care clinical experience in a similar service line within the past three years are considered Experienced Associates.
• Basic Life Support (BLS): No grace period. AHA or Red Cross accepted at time of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): Within 30 days of hire.
• Pediatric Life Support (PALS): Within 30 days of hire.
• Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum (TNCC): Within 60 days of hire.
• Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR): Within 60 days of hire.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP): Within 30 days of hire.
• AWHONN INTERMEDIATE FHM (Fetal Heart Monitoring): Within 30 days of hire.
• STABLE (Neonatal Education): Within 30 days of hire.

Position Requirements

• Education/Skills: All newly hired experienced RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of hire.
• Experience: One year of experience in a related nursing specialty preferred.
• Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications: Current ACLS certification required.

Work Schedule

3 Days - 12 Hours

Work Type: Full Time