RN - Cardiac Telemetry - Weekend Option - nights

Utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. Collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family and the interdisciplinary team. Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses patient's/family's readiness to learn, organizes and executes an individualized teaching plan, evaluates patient's understanding using teach back methods; modifies approach as necessary.
• Acts professionally and communicates appropriately when interacting with patients, family members, nurses, and other medical professionals.
• Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
• Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
• Consistently meets work schedule.
• Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
• Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member.
• Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
• Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
• Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area:
  • Unit specific certifications
  • Consultation with experts
  • In-services/rounds
  • Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team
• Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Graduate
• Associate Degree in Nursing

Qualifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing (Kansas) or compact license
• CPR/ AED/ BLS certification within 14 days of employment
• Some units will require additional unit-specific affirmations/certifications/work experience

Schedule

Full time, weekend option, nights