Registered Nurse (RN) - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $30-43 per hour

About the role

The Hospitals of Providence is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) in El Paso, Texas. This is a full-time, day-shift staff position with ongoing duration. The role provides direct clinical patient care, assuming responsibility for assessing, planning, and implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per-shift basis and at the unit level. The role supervises staff to whom appropriate care is delegated and is accountable to support the CNO to ensure high-quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.

Responsibilities

• The RN provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients.
• The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process.
• The RN directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided.
• Assumes responsibility for coordination and planning of patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
• Administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.
• Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster.
• Responsible for knowing the Hospital’s emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

Requirements

• Education: Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Preferred: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing.
• Experience: Required: Must have 1 year of RN experience for PRN status. Preferred: Recent acute care experience.
• Certifications: Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.