Per Diem ICU/PCU RN – Flexible Shifts

University Of New Mexico - Hospitals; Peralta (NM); Sur place; USD 55 000 - 83 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

UNMH is seeking a RN Per Diem for the CardioThoracic/ ICU department in New Mexico. You will provide direct nursing care to assigned patients, work within hospital policies, and collaborate with the healthcare team to implement individualized care plans including discharge planning and education for patients and families.

Essential qualifications include completion of a nursing program, NM RN licensure or reciprocal eligibility, and CPR/BLS certification.

Qualifications

• Essential: Program Graduate
• Nonessential: Bachelors Degree
• Experience: 1 year directly related experience
• Credentials: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
• RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM
• Essential: Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate

Responsabilités

• Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients as required
• Work within Hospitals, Nursing division and departmental policies
• Implement and document individualized care plans incorporating age-specific considerations, including discharge planning and patient/family teaching
• Assist with special tests and procedures, ensure proper consent has been obtained
• Participate in orientation; upon successful completion of preceptor training assume precepting and evaluation responsibilities of new personnel
• Assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden, adverse developments in patients
• Ensure that patient medical records contain necessary information
• Answer telephones and triage calls as per departmental policy
• Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings
• Maintain a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with Hospitals standards
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable

Connaissances

Direct patient care

Team collaboration

Nursing assessment

Formation

Program Graduate

Bachelor's Degree

Description du poste

UNMH is seeking a RN Per Diem for the CardioThoracic/ ICU department in New Mexico. You will provide direct nursing care to assigned patients, work within hospital policies, and collaborate with the healthcare team to implement individualized care plans including discharge planning and education for patients and families.

Essential qualifications include completion of a nursing program, NM RN licensure or reciprocal eligibility, and CPR/BLS certification.