Registered Nurse Acute Care

HCA Healthcare; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS, is seeking a Registered Nurse for Acute Care to provide patient-centered nursing care across the care continuum. You will apply the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate outcomes while collaborating with the care team to ensure high-quality, ethical care.

Responsibilities include delivering evidence-based nursing, maintaining current clinical knowledge, monitoring patient progress, and participating in quality improvement efforts.

Qualifications

• RN licensure required.
• BCLS must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Registered Nurse Diploma or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Delivers patient-centered nursing care in accordance with Wesley Medical Center standards of care.
• Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice and participates in quality improvement activities.
• Maintains current knowledge in nursing practice and education to ensure high-quality care.
• Monitors patient progress toward outcomes and communicates results to the care team.
• Collaborates with patients, families and health care providers to deliver comprehensive care.
• Ensures safety and cost-effectiveness in patient care and adheres to ethical standards.

Skills

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Education

Registered Nurse Diploma

RN License

Job description

Introduction

Relocation assistance available for eligible candidates (up to $5,000 for full-time roles)

Wesley Medical Center is committed to investing in the latest technology enabling nurses to work more efficiently. Are you passionate about delivering patient-centered care?

Benefits

Wesley Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

• Colleague recognition program

• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full‑time and part‑time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

You contribute to our success let us contribute to yours! Whether you choose to focus on bedside care, a leadership or C‑suite role, shape business and operational outcomes, or work to deliver clinical excellence behind the scenes in data science, case management or transfer centers. Unlock your potential at Wesley Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. Responsible for directing and coordinating all nursing care for the department‑specific patient population in accordance with the standards of nursing care and practice as defined by Wesley Medical Center and the Kansas Nurse Practice Act. Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes. Supports the organization vision and mission. Utilizes knowledge of patient's age and culture in the provision patient care. Contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care.

What you will do in this role:

• Delivers patient‑centered nursing care in accordance with standards of care defined by Wesley Medical Center

• Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice by participation in quality of care activities to initiate, implement, and sustain process improvements

• Acquires and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice and education

• Monitors the patient’s progress toward the attainment of outcomes

• Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others

• Collaborates with the patient, significant others and health care providers in providing and advocating for patient care

• Considers safety and cost effectiveness when delivering patient care

• Decisions and actions on behalf of patients are determined in an ethical manner

• Participates in the improvement of operational functions of the department

• Establishes and maintains effective and respectful communication in development of all collaborative relationships

• Evaluates and participates in opportunities for outstanding service to all customers and accepts responsibility in partnership that is equally respectful to everyone

• Demonstrates the ability to apply knowledge of age‑appropriate competencies to department specific population

• Ability to utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills to identify, interpret, and access appropriate resources in patient specific scenario(s)

• Secures, administers and handles medication according to established guidelines

• Performs all other duties as assigned

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• (RN) Registered Nurse

• Registered Nurse Diploma

For more than 100 years, Wesley Healthcare has provided exceptional care to thousands of families in Wichita and throughout Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Wesley Medical Center (https://wesleymc.com/locations/wesley-medical-center/) is a member of the Wesley Healthcare network within Greater Wichita and has been an HCA Healthcare hospital since 1985.

Our physicians treat more than 24,000 patients annually , making Wesley Medical Center the most preferred hospital in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Additionally, our obstetricians and childbirth staff deliver more than 6,000 babies each year , more than any hospital in a 13-state region.

Home to Wesley Children's Hospital (https://wesleymc.com/locations/wesley-childrens/) , the region's first and Wichita's only children's hospital, we care for children in a unique space designed specially for kids and their families. And as a Level I Trauma Center (https://wesleymc.com/specialties/trauma-center?location=wesley-medical-center) and the only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Kansas , we are prepared to treat any medical emergency, any time of day.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Acute Care opening.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.