Registered Nurse — Advanced Patient Care & Growth

UC Health (Cincinnati); Olde West Chester (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

UC Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver patient-centered care across units in our Cincinnati region. The RN applies current nursing knowledge to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care with focus on safety and quality outcomes.

As an adult academic health system, UC Health emphasizes compassionate teamwork, evidence-based practice and ongoing professional development to support patients and families throughout the care continuum.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates nursing clinical skills necessary to make pertinent and accurate assessments of the physical, psychosocial, spiritual and educational needs of the patient.
• Demonstrates knowledge base of normal age-specific, physiological and psychosocial functions of the unit's population.
• Performs a basic physical assessment.
• Initiates upon admission, a nursing admission history and nursing assessment including an educational needs assessment.
• Initiates referrals upon admission and throughout care as based on patient assessment.
• Understands signs and symptoms and data related to the patient's presenting problems and potential problems.
• Reassesses and evaluates patient needs each shift and more frequently when indicated by unit standards of care or patient condition.
• Assesses patient and environmental safety continuously.
• Receives and gives a complete, concise and timely report on condition of assigned patients.
• Recognizes and appropriately reports basic abnormal data and subtle changes in patient conditions. Incorporates into plan of care as applicable.
• Collaborates with other health team members to collect and share pertinent data regarding patient's physiological and psychological condition.
• Participates in discharge planning.

Job description

UC Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver patient-centered care across units in our Cincinnati region. The RN applies current nursing knowledge to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care with focus on safety and quality outcomes.

As an adult academic health system, UC Health emphasizes compassionate teamwork, evidence-based practice and ongoing professional development to support patients and families throughout the care continuum.