Registered Nurse Seasonal - NICU

About the role

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) is Tucson’s only non-profit community-owned hospital. Employees choose to work here due to our commitment to integrity, community, dedication, and compassion, reflected in the exceptional care we provide to our patients and the community.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates patient care planning with other disciplines utilizing the principles of the nursing process and critical thinking skills in order to maintain patient safety and well-being.
• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure safe patient care.
• Writes or obtains initial nursing histories, assesses patients' conditions and develops individual care plans; maintains patient documentation.
• Receives and reviews preceding shift reports and floor nurse reports; makes complete rounds of all units, and notes patients' condition.
• Notifies appropriate physician regarding any unusual or unexpected events or problems requiring direct physician consultation.
• Works with other members of the interdisciplinary patient care team, implements and reinforces patient instructional needs with patient and family offering informational material and pointing out special areas of concern.
• Evaluates outcomes of patient care, consults with other specialists as needed and adjusts nursing care processes as necessary to ensure optimal patient care.
• Identifies and resolves workplace health and safety issues.
• P rovides appropriate, direct patient care utilizing appropriate aseptic techniques.
• May manage IV lines, ensure that sterile techniques are adhered to, and oversee patient movement and positioning to ensure that the patient is handled in a medically safe manner.
• May perform the administration of pharmacological vasodilator medications for the purpose of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging; complies with examination competency as defined in the Imaging Services Practice Standards.
• Complies with policies, procedures, regulations, and standards and takes corrective action when violations occur.
• Orients, instructs, and educates assigned personnel.

Requirements

• Minimum of one year of nursing experience in an acute care setting preferred.
• (Positions assigned to EP: require two (2) years of EP experience or demonstrated competency in all areas of EP Lab procedures).
• Current RN licensure permitting work in the State of Arizona and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• NICU only: Ability to provide family centered developmentally appropriate care of newborns. Ability to handle the emotional stress associated with caring for a critically ill newborn or neonate. Ability to formulate a plan of care and support multidisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of direct patient care and critical care procedures and techniques, tools, and responses required to ensure optimal patient care.
• Knowledge of exam indicators, contraindications, and patient preparation.
• Communication skills, including clear and concise communication with staff involved in critical care, and physicians.
• Reading and interpreting documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
• Listening and accurately interpreting others’ communication or instructions to take appropriate action.
• Ability to speak and communicate effectively.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Benefits

• Family Style Atmosphere with a Supportive Team
• Competitive rate of pay
• 13 week contract
• Part time and full time schedules
• Living expenses reimbursement of $750 per pay period for seasonal employees living more than 100 miles outside of Tucson