Registered Nurse - Internal Agency Contract - Critical Care

About the role

This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The position also collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient's needs.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates organizational responsibilities.
• Identifies areas for self-improvement through self-assessment and peer review.
• Functions in roles and provides leadership on the unit as needed and requested.
• Cooperates with instructor to facilitate learning experiences for students.
• Demonstrates knowledge and is supportive of organizational and unit changes.
• Supports organizational activities by participating in activities such as committees, staff meetings, and councils.
• Utilizes chain of command appropriately.
• Buils collegial relationships with physicians and other health team members.
• Demonstrates autonomy in identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Maintains and improves current knowledge in area of practice through activities such as continuing education, formal education, professional organization membership, and/or certification.
• Shares knowledge and skills with colleagues and others.
• Provides peers with constructive feedback regarding their practice.
• Evaluates the plan of care for the patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes.
• Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching.
• Collaborates with patient/family and with other members of the healthcare team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed.
• Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
• Implements plan of care for patient.
• Provides safe and therapeutic environment while maintaining patient's autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Determines plan of care based on ethical principles as outlined in the TriHealth Code of Ethical Business and Professional Behavior.
• Acts as a patient advocate.
• Delivers care in a non-judgmental and non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to patient diversity.
• Sets emergent situations, notifies appropriate personnel, and begins emergency measures.
• Completes patient assignment inc.
• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family.
• Completes initial assessment tool.
• Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines.
• Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate.
• Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
• Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice.
• Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects.
• Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
• Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes.
• Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways.
• Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs.
• Develops both short and long term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning.
• Communicates plan of care to others.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (Required)
• 2 - 3 years Clinical Nursing in Acute Care Setting (Required)
• Knowledge, judgement, and skills derived from the Principles of Biological, Physical, Behavioral, Social, and Nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
• Registered Nurse Required

Qualifications

• Experience in acute care setting
• Ability to perform technical skills
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to prioritize workload
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Skills

• Nursing process
• Collaboration with physicians and other health care team members
• Documentation of patient care
• Assessment and evaluation of patient needs
• Administration of medications and treatments
• Use of medical equipment

Benefits

Join our elite Critical Care team as a Flex RN, delivering high-acuity care in two of our most advanced units: the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) and the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU).

Pay

Competitive pay based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

3x12 hour Night shifts-7:00pm-7:00am/week, every third weekend (minimum), one holiday per contract.