Registered Nurse Critical Care, PICU (PRN Nights)

FMOL Health; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

FMOL Health in Lafayette, LA seeks a compassionate Registered Nurse to provide safe, holistic care across the patient and family journey, within the scope of licensure and hospital protocols. You will integrate knowledge, skills, and experience to address acute and post-acute needs.

Responsibilities include comprehensive assessments, care planning, patient education, discharge planning, and collaboration with physicians, therapists, and ancillary staff.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Current Louisiana RN license and BLS certification.
• ACLS and PALS certification within 6 months of hire.
• CPI certification.
• NIH Stroke Scale certification within a year.
• NRP certification as applicable within department.

Responsibilities

• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning.
• Participates in planning routine transitional health care needs and end-of-life options.
• Responds to changes in patient needs with holistic care and independent clinical judgment.
• Delivers patient/family education and adapts teaching strategies as needed.
• Documents all patient care activities per standards and assists with documentation processes.

Skills

English proficiency

Verbal and written communication

Computer skills

Education

Louisiana RN license

BLS certification

ACLS & PALS (within 6 months)

CPI certification

NIH Stroke Scale certification (within 1 year)

NRP certification

Job description

Job Description

The Registered Nurse provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way, incorporating differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Relies on education and training to complete responsibilities within scope of licensure as registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Practice and Care Management
  • Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data
  • Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ ethical/ spiritual needs.
  • Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs. (i.e. treatment options patient placement options, end of life options)
  • Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
  • Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care. Collaborates with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
  • Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solution for problems.
  • Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict.
  • Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
  • Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
  • Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards. Assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
• Communication and Collaboration
  • Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
  • Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity
  • Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives, and incorporates the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice.
  • Participates on unit teams, work groups and/ or committees. Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others.
• Quality
  • Demonstrates knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives.
  • Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
  • Incorporates evidence based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
• Professional Development
  • Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors.
  • Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
  • Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
  • Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
  • Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor.
  • Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving.
• Other duties
  • Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills
• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification and ACLS & PALS Certification within first 6 months of hire
• CPI and NIH Stroke Scale certification within a year of hire
• Department ACLS BLS PALS NRP

Service Units

• Antenatal Yes Yes No Yes
• Burn Care Yes Yes Yes No
• Cardiology Yes Yes No No
• Cath Lab Yes Yes No No
• Day Patient Yes Yes No No
• Dialysis Yes Yes No No
• ED Yes Yes Yes No
• Labor and Delivery Yes Yes No Yes
• Medical ICU Yes Yes No No
• Neonatal ICU No Yes No Yes
• Operating Room (WCC and Surgicare) Yes Yes Yes No
• Operating Room (HH) Yes Yes No No
• Operating Room (ACC) No Yes No No
• PACU (WCC and Surgicare) Yes Yes Yes No
• PACU (ACC and HHL) Yes Yes No No
• Patient Care Unit Yes Yes No No
• Pediatric ICU Yes Yes Yes No
• Progressive Care Yes Yes No No