Nurse Clinical/UKHC/Chandler ED/Weekend Plan

U K Healthcare Ltd; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Healthcare Ltd in Lexington, KY is seeking an experienced ED nurse to provide total, continuous, patient-centered care across triage, express care, acute, and trauma areas. You will assess, document, plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive nursing care plan while delivering direct patient care.

The role includes teaching and delegating duties to Nursing Care Technicians, ensuring patient satisfaction, and adhering to hospital policies and regulatory requirements in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Assess, document, plan, implement, teach, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive nursing plan of care.
• Deliver direct patient care and ensure patient satisfaction.
• Train and delegate duties for Nursing Care Technicians (NCTs).
• Adhere to University policies and federal, state and local regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and document findings to guide care.
• Plan and implement individualized nursing interventions.
• Teach patients and families as part of care.
• Coordinate with physicians and nursing staff to optimize outcomes.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Patient care

Documentation

Teaching

Job description

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); and 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.