Registered Nurse - Livingston ER PT

About Us

With Our Lady of the Lake, we offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, we create a spirit of healing and invite you to join our team to serve people in need throughout our community every day.

Additionally, you can expect:

• Tuition reimbursement
• Growth opportunities
• Affordable employee benefits
• A community culture where you don’t feel lost in a large health system

Responsibilities

Clinical Practice and Care Management

• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning
• Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural, ethical, and spiritual needs
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (e.g., treatment options, patient placement options, end-of-life options)
• Responds to changes in patient’s needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content
• Integrates education during the delivery of patient care
• Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict; seeks counsel for resolution
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes
• Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care
• Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards; assists the healthcare team with the documentation process

Communication and Collaboration

• Consistently communicates/collaborates with the healthcare team members, patients, and families to maximize patient outcomes
• Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other healthcare team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity
• Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives and incorporates the outcomes of the team/committees' work into practice
• Participates on unit teams, work groups, and/or committees
• Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others

Quality

• Demonstrates knowledge of unit-based quality improvement initiatives
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery
• Incorporates evidence-based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes

Professional Development

• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to healthcare team members; displays leadership behaviors
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and progress made from previous year’s goals
• Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management
• Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong learning
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice; serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor
• Demonstrates leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving

Requirements

• One year of acute care nursing experience
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, and computer skills

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Generous benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Growth opportunities
• Affordable employee benefits