Acute Care RN - Surgical Critical - FT - Night

100 Stormont-Vail HealthCare, Inc.; United States; Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Stormont Vail Health in Kansas seeks a skilled Critical Care nurse to provide direct, evidence-based care for acutely ill patients in a collaborative team setting.

You will collect data, analyze, plan, implement, and evaluate care, guided by Jean Watson’s caring theory, while promoting safety, ethics, and patient advocacy. A BSN is required and KSBN license eligible. On-site duties apply.

Qualifikationen

• BLS certification within 90 days of hire; RN licensure valid for Kansas.
• BSN degree required for critical care practice.
• Proficiency in safety, patient rights and clinical documentation.

Aufgaben

• Collects data and information relevant to the patient and setting.
• Analyzes assessment data to identify problems and risks.
• Identifies expected outcomes and plans individualized to the patient.
• Develops a collaborative plan to achieve goals and coordinates care.
• Delivers nursing care guided by professional standards and caring theories.
• Mentors new nurses and supports students; promotes lifelong learning.

Kenntnisse

Patient rights

Safety awareness

Legal issues in patient care

Psychomotor skills

Communication skills

Medication calculations

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN)

Jobbeschreibung

A Brief Overview

Critical Care nursing is the specialty that manages human responses to actual or potential life‑threatening problems. Nurses in the critical care setting provide direct care for patients who require complex assessments and interventions. The critical care nurse leads and participates in a collaborative interprofessional team to create safe, respectful, healing and caring environments with a goal of ensuring optimal outcomes. Critical care nurses are required to refine their assessment skills while blending in data obtained from a variety of invasive and noninvasive monitoring technologies to care for acutely and/or chronically ill or injured patients.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree Bachelors of Science: Nursing (BSN)

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant other, as identified within the institution. (Required proficiency)
• Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution. (Required proficiency)
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning. Strives to manage situations in a manner, which minimizes risk to the patient and the institution. (Required proficiency)
• Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non‑verbal and written methods. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. (Required proficiency)

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse - KSBN A multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas is also accepted.
• Required Basic Life Support - BLS May be required depending on the department within 90 days of hire date. Other RQI's may be required depending on the department, within 90 days of hire date.

What you will do

Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient, situation, or setting.

Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems, and issues.

Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.

Develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes.

Implements identified plan through coordination of care and employs strategies to promote health and wellness.

Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.

Delivers professional nursing care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring illustrated by creating caring relationships, taking time to have uninterrupted moments with patients and displaying unconditional acceptance and respect.

Promotes a mutually respectful environment that encourages the exchange of ideas, supports the effectiveness of professional relationships, and integrates ethics in all aspects of practice.

Demonstrates advocacy in all roles and settings.

Practices Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles in their daily work by respecting others’ uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds or beliefs.

Communicates effectively in all areas of professional practice.

Mentors nurses new to their role for the purpose of ensuring successful enculturation, orientation competence, and emotional support.

Supports students to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Commits to lifelong learning through critical thinking, self‑reflection, and inquiry for personal growth and development.

Demonstrates willingness to participate and lead nursing practice in process evolution the scope of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.

Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence‑based nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible, and used judiciously.

Required for All Jobs

Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health. Performs other duties as assigned.

Patient Facing Options

Position is Patient Facing Remote Work Guidelines Workspace is a quiet and distraction‑free allowing the ability to comply with all security and privacy standards. Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed. Dedicate full attention to the job duties and communication with others during working hours. Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor. Abide by Stormont Vail’s Remote Worker Policy and will review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.

Remote Work Capability

On‑Site; No Remote Scope No Supervisory Responsibility No Budget Responsibility

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Carrying: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Climbing (Ladders): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Climbing (Stairs): Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Crawling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Crouching: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Driving (Automatic): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Driving (Standard): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Feeling: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Grasping (Fine Motor): Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Grasping (Gross Hand): Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Handling: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Hearing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Kneeling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Lifting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
• Operate Foot Controls: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Pulling: Frequently 3-5 Hours up to 50 lbs
• Pushing: Frequently 3-5 Hours up to 50 lbs
• Reaching (Forward): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Repetitive Motions: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Sitting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Standing: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Stooping: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Talking: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Walking: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Burn: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Chemical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Combative Patients: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Dusts: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Electrical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Explosive: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Extreme Temperatures: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Infectious Diseases: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Mechanical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Needle Stick: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Noise/Sounds: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Other Atmospheric Conditions: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Radiant Energy: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Hazards (other): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Vibration: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Wet and/or Humid: Rarely less than 1 hour

Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment. Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.

Stormont Vail Health is a nonprofit integrated health system that has been serving the health care needs of Kansas for more than 130 years. Stormont Vail has been recognized as a Magnet® organization since 2009 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. It is composed of Stormont Vail Hospital, a 586‑bed acute care hospital, and Cotton O’Neil Clinic, a multi‑specialty physician group with more than 500 providers, which includes more than 250 physicians. Nearly 5,300 employees provide care and support services for patients in the hospital and 35 other locations, including the Cotton O’Neil Heart Center, Cancer Center, Diabetes & Endocrinology Center, Digestive Health Center, Pediatrics clinics and 10 regional primary care clinics. Stormont Vail Health is committed to its mission of improving the health of the community by being a national leader in providing compassionate, high quality and efficient integrated care through collaboration that results in a healthier community.