Registered Nurse Observation

NextGen Healthcare

About the role

Ascension St. John Medical Center seeks a dedicated Registered Nurse to join our Observation Unit team. This position is part-time, working nights.

Responsibilities

• Lead Patient Care: Deliver holistic, high-quality nursing care that aligns with the highest clinical standards and organizational protocols.
• Drive Care Planning: Initiate, implement, and continuously monitor personalized patient care plans, ensuring they are effective and adapt to changing needs.
• Cookbook: Serve as the central communication link for all disciplines—from physicians to specialists—to ensure a unified and seamless care journey for every patient.
• Practice Vigilant Monitoring: Accurately observe, record, and promptly communicate changes in patient conditions, acting quickly and decisively on clinical insights.
• Ensure Continuity: Expertly manage and execute physician and nursing orders while proactively coordinating all elements of a patient’s discharge plan to support successful transitions of care.

Requirements

• Licensure / Certification / Registration: BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
• Registered Nurse credentialed from the Oklahoma Board of Nursing required.
• Education: Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR professional licensure at time of hire required.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 1 year of relevant clinical experience preferred.
• Skills: Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options.
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance.
• Time to recharge: paid time off (PTO) and holidays.
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning.
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources.
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits.
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule is part-time, working nights.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ascension is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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