Nurse Clinical/UKHC

U K Healthcare Ltd; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Chandler Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Pediatric Emergency Services. The role involves providing total, comprehensive, patient-centered care to infants through age 17 in a fast-paced ED setting.

Responsibilities include assessing, documenting, planning and implementing a comprehensive nursing plan of care, delivering direct patient care, ensuring patient satisfaction, and training/delegating duties to Nursing Care Technicians while adhering to University policies and

Qualifications

• RN license required; bedside care planning and delivery.
• Documentation of patient assessment, care plans and outcomes.
• Adherence to hospital policies, procedures and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assess, document, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive nursing plan of care.
• Deliver direct patient care to pediatric emergencies.
• Ensure patient satisfaction and safe, quality care.

Skills

Nursing

Patient care

Documentation

Teaching

Delegation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) license

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Medical equipment

Job description

Registered Nurses in Pediatric Emergency Services at UK Chandler Hospital provide care for patients with illnesses from infant to up to 17 years of age.

The Chandler Emergency Department consists of 5 different areas where care is provided:

• triage where the patient is seen to determine how to prioritize their care needs,
• chair centric and express care intended for low acuity patients that can be seen and discharged within 60 minutes, these patients usually have minor complaints like sore throat, an isolated extremity injury, or simple laceration.
• The acute care area is a 16 bed area where common emergency complaints like abdominal pain, stable chest pain, and mild to moderate shortness of air receive care.
• Critical care has 8 beds and patients in this area range from trauma patients who have been resuscitated in the trauma area and need continuing care to patients in need of intensive care unit treatment such as septic patients or those receiving vasoactive infusions.
• The UK Level I Trauma Center has 8 beds capable of caring for the most complex injured patients.

The primary responsibilities for this position consist of providing total, comprehensive, continuous and patient centered care which includes:

• assessing, documenting, planning, implementing, teaching, developing, and evaluating a comprehensive nursing plan of care
• delivering direct patient care
• ensuring patient satisfaction
• training and delegating duties for Nursing Care Technicians (Nursing Assistant)
• adhering to University policies and procedures as well as federal, state and local regulations

Furthermore, this environment supports collaborative efforts among the nursing staff and the team of physicians to increase communication and enhance expected patient outcomes. This includes utilization of the nursing process in conjunction with a comprehensive patient-centered plan of care, ensuring patient satisfaction.