Experienced Registered Nurse ICU, Float Pool, JHS Workforce Plus, Per Diem, Nights

Jackson Health System; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HIPAA training ensured

Job summary

Jackson Memorial Hospital, the flagship of Jackson Health System, seeks a Clinical Staff Nurse for the Critical Care unit. The role requires applying advanced nursing skills, coordinating care with the multidisciplinary team, and ensuring patient safety and education.

This per diem night position emphasizes flexible staffing with a focus on high-quality, evidence-based care in a large, teaching hospital setting. Experience in critical care and strong professional standards are essential.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Nursing is required.
• BSN degree is preferred.
• Valid Florida RN license required.
• BLS/ACLS life support certifications required on hire.

Responsibilities

• Implements and coordinates the delivery of care in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare staff.
• Uses the nursing process (assess–plan–implement–evaluate) to deliver care.
• Documents all pertinent information regarding nursing care and care plans.
• Maintains HIPAA compliance at all times.
• Provides guidance to LPNs and CNAs; may orient new staff.
• Conducts rounds to ensure continuity of care.

Skills

Nursing process

Patient care

HIPAA compliance

Charge nurse (leadership)

Education

Associate's degree in Nursing

BSN preferred

Job description

Facility Name: Jackson Memorial Hospital - JHS Workforce Plus Critical Care

Facility Address: 1611 NW 12 Ave., Miami, FL 33136

Shift details: Per Diem, Nights 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM (minimum three shifts a month)

Why Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Summary

The Clinical Staff Nurse functions as a champion of quality patient care and professional caregiver who demonstrates critical thinking skills and scientific judgment in the anticipation and planning for the care of the patient. The CSN is responsible to perform at a competent level of nursing and consistently demonstrates nursing process. These standards include: assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching and health promotion and evaluation. The CSN is also responsible to hold the highest standards of professional performance, which include: ethics, cultural diversity, communication, collaboration, evidence based practice, nursing research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health. These standards of practice encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. The CSN will function within the JHS CARE Model, which includes accountability for planning, implementing, evaluating and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients. The CSN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Implements and coordinates the delivery of care in collaboration with physician and other provider and healthcare staff.
• Utilizes the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation) in applying nursing knowledge.
• Documents all pertinent information regarding nursing care, care plans and observations.
• Accounts for narcotics/emergency equipment on each tour of duty.
• Maintains a working knowledge of facility infection control procedures.
• Recognizes, questions and reports significant patient findings and/or inconsistencies in medical/nursing orders/treatment regime.
• Collaborates and seeks corrective action.
• Selects and individualizes/updates and adheres to clinical procedures/ protocols/standards/ clinical pathways, plans of care/narcotics policies and discharge/teaching plans.
• Completes and submits patient/unit charges.
• Recognizes/prioritizes overt/convert unit needs/problems/implements corrective action independently.
• Assumes charge nurse role when assigned/supervises designated personnel/takes action as needed.
• Applies the use of logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions and approaches to problems.
• Provides functional direction and assistance to LPN's and CNA's or MA's, and completes new staff orientation as assigned.
• Makes rounds on a timely basis to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintains HIPAA compliance at all times.
• Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list.
• Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required.
• Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).
• Performs all other related job duties as assigned.

Experience

Generally requires 1 to 3 years of related experience.

Preferred Experience

• At least 3 years' experience as a hospital registered nurse in critical care.
• Hospital float registered nurse experience, preferred.

Education

• Associate's degree in Nursing is required.
• BSN degree is preferred.
• Any Employee who will be performing Point of Care testing in the Operating Room, Neuro ICU, NICU, PICU, Pedi-ER, Cath Lab and/or Interventional Radiology areas, the educational degree must be verified at the time of hire.

Credentials

• Valid Florida RN license is required.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire with at least 6 months validity and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment.
• Must meet and maintain valid and current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required by regulatory and/or nursing standard of practice for the specialty.

Unit Specific Credential

Adv Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

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