Registered Nurse Float Pii - Nursing Float Pool

Jobtome; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CHRISTUS Children's Hospital in San Antonio, TX seeks a competent Nurse in Medsurg, Telemetry, and Intermediate Care to practice independently and use the nursing process. The role covers assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation; administer medications per protocol; educate patients and families; document thoroughly; and collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure safe, effective care.

Work schedule includes 7PM–7AM, full-time, on-site; commitment to patient safety and quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing required.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care using the nursing process for assigned patients.
• Administer medications and treatments; monitor effects and side-effects.
• Document patient history, symptoms, medications and care provided.
• Educate patients and families; address learning needs.
• Collaborate with healthcare team to ensure safe patient care.
• Demonstrate competency in unit-specific procedures and safety standards.
• Support patient throughput and discharge planning.

Skills

Critical thinking

Nursing process

Patient education

Documentation

Communication with healthcare team

Unit-based competencies

Safety guidelines

Evidence-based practice

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

RN License (state or compact)

BLS

ACLS

PALS

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Medical equipment handling

Job description

Description Summary: The competent Nurse, in the Medsurg, Telemetry, and Intermediate Care clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.

Responsibilities

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Meets expectations for flexibility of assignment within the ministry.
• Proactively provide assignment availability on a regular basis.
• Able to be assigned to more than one unit.
• Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
• Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments;
• monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers;
• identify issues and resources.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of patient and families.
• Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members.
• Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice.
• Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures;
• monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals.
• Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response to the care and treatment(s).
• Performs timely reassessment and documentation.
• Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for the designated unit's patient population.
• Standard II.
• Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow.
• Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process.
• Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to ensure accuracy.
• Standard III.
• Unit Operations Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift.
• Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies.
• Assesses departmental staffing needs;
• actively participates in resourcing efforts.
• Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
• Standard IV.
• Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities.
• Provides evidence-based nursing care.
• Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum of care.
• Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
• Knowledge of federal, state and local healthcare-related laws and regulations;
• ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Clinical Policies and Standards Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures.
• Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance.
• Provides feedback for improvement of procedures.
• Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures.
• Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques.
• Health Information Documentation Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient documentation.
• Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating, and updating patient records.
• Describes the flow of information between various stations or units.
• Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic documentation.
• Transcribes verbal orders;
• explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy.
• Explains health information documentation best practices and their rationale across health care practices.
• Medical Equipment Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility.
• Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems.
• Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment.
• Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety.
• Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment.
• Medical Order Processing Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions.
• Describes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and forward medical orders.
• Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for correcting.
• Explains considerations for entering and following standing orders.
• Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders and considerations for each.
• Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care.
• Reviews patients' charts for completion and accuracy;
• identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions.
• Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff.
• Relates examples of mis-readings or misinterpretations and lessons learned.
• Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation with others.
• Patient Safety Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or settings.
• Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings.
• Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members.
• Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems.
• Describes considerations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versus harm to others. xqrzhdi
• Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis and reporting in real-time.

Job Requirements

Education/Skills Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred Experience Minimum of 2 years of combined experience required in Medsurg/Telemetry and Intermediate Care 5 years of experience preferred Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications BLS required ACLS required RN License in state of employment or compact required PALS required at CHRISTUS Children's Hospital

Schedule

Work Schedule: 7PM
- 7AM Work Type: Full Time