Registered Nurse RN Clinical Decision Unit

About the role

Lee's Summit Medical Center is a 80+ bed full-service hospital serving Lee’s Summit and surrounding areas. The Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) is a 12-bed short-stay unit for observation patients. Nurses here play a crucial role in providing high-quality, patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Assess the patient's condition during admission and each scheduled shift, promptly identifying and reporting any changes in patient status.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by the medical provider(s), and ensure thorough and timely documentation of care administration in the patient's medical record.
• Administer prescribed medications, monitor the patient for therapeutic response, and take appropriate action in the event of an unintended response to the medication.
• Provide exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests, proactively anticipating patient needs, and resolving them.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about the patient's medical condition, treatment plan, medications, possible side effects, and follow-up measures, ensuring complete understanding by translating complex medical terminology.

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Associate Degree

Skills

Strong communication skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team, and proficiency in using electronic health records (EHR).

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services, wellbeing support, time away from work programs, savings and retirement resources, education support, and additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.