Registered Nurse Pediatrics

About the role

Located in Casper, Wyoming, this position is within the Pediatrics‑Hosp department on a night shift. Banner Health emphasizes better pay, benefits, opportunities, well‑being, flexibility, and experiences for nurses and holds Great Place To Work® Certification™ for three consecutive years. Living in Casper offers quick access to mountain trails, fishing, lakes, the Big Horn Mountains, Thermopolis Hot Springs, and Yellowstone National Park, while maintaining a small‑town feel where you can see teammates outside of work and wave to patients you’ve helped.

Wyoming Medical Center, the state’s largest inpatient facility with 249 beds and a Level 2 trauma center, is renowned for its cardiac and stroke services and serves the entire state. As a Registered Nurse in Pediatrics you will join a small team dedicated to exceptional care for pediatric patients, float to assist Women Infant Services with couplet care, and also float to Med/Surg floors. Available opportunities include part‑time 2‑12‑hour night shifts and PRN (as needed) night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within the appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other health‑care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family, and health‑team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient‑specific needs, assessment data, and the medical plan of care.
• Ensures goals for the patient are realistic, measurable, and developed in conjunction with the patient/family.
• Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age‑specific, and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of the activities of the health‑care team.
• Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies, procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.
• Delegates appropriately and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health‑care team members.
• Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record; documentation is legible, timely, and in accordance with policy.
• Documents objective/subjective data, nursing interventions, and patient's response to treatment.
• Notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
• Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes, which may include participating in professional organizations.
• In some roles, may supervise staff and work flow of the department.
• Interacts with all levels of staff in a variety of departments, physicians, patients, families, and external contacts such as employees of other health‑care institutions, community providers, and agencies concerning the patient’s health care.
• Interacts with other health‑care providers in numerous settings to report, ask for, or clarify information.
• Works with clergy to provide spiritual support.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.

Requirements

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on the area of practice.
• Must relate throughout the interview process the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job.
• Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying is desired.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area of work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions require a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting, including work in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.
• Banner Registry and Travel physician practice