Registered Nurse (Internal Traveler) - Cardiac Progressive - Intensive Care

Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 63,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

The Registered Nurse (Internal Traveler) at Saint Francis Hospital provides nursing care across a cardiology unit, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. This role supports patients with varying complexity and requires strong clinical judgment and coordination with the care team.

The position is a 13-week contract with nights shifts, $55/hr plus shift differentials, and includes responsibilities from admission to discharge, with emphasis on safety,

Qualifications

• Has completed the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree.
• Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma RN license.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process in caring for assigned patients.
• Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within unit guidelines.
• Carries out nursing care with cultural and psychosocial considerations.
• Operates nursing skills appropriate for the patient population.
• Demonstrates professional judgment in changing situations.
• Documents steps of the nursing process accurately.

Skills

Bio-psychosocial model

Interpersonal skills

Organization & prioritization

Attention to detail

Nursing process

Education

Nursing diploma/degree

Tools

BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Job description

This position is ECB status – requires a minimum number of worked hours per month as needed by the department; limited benefit offerings.

Nights This unit is a universal bed concept aimed at providing care to patients with varying levels of complexity, including but not limited to:

• Structural heart procedures
• Recovering patients treated in the cath lab
• Electrophysiology interventions
• Advanced diagnostic heart failure treatments
• Acute MI/Non-stemi
• Treating Arrhythmia’s
• Managing ventilators and BiPap
• Cardiogenic and Septic Shock

13-week contract $55/hr + shift differentials 2 - 12 hour shift required nights to include every other weekend #RNSIND

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (Internal Traveler) assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Minimum Education

Has completed the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing, and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification

Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License. BLS and ACLS preferred.

Work Experience

1 year related experience in selected specialty.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of disease state management processes, bio- psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Ability to be detail oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process in caring for assigned patients.
• Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within established unit/nursing guidelines.
• Carries out nursing care with consideration for cultural and psychosocial factors and ages of individual patients.
• Organizes, prioritizes, and performs nursing skills appropriate for the patient population.
• Anticipates patient/unit needs.
• Demonstrates sound knowledge base: Bio-psychosocial.
• Delegates and communicates effectively and appropriately.
• Demonstrates professional judgment in response to changing patient/unit situations.
• Documents steps of the nursing process/care on the appropriate record.
• Records data concisely, consistently, accurately, and legibly.
• Utilizes correct medical terminology abbreviations.
• Addresses problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit/nursing policy.
• Facilitates patient teaching discharge.
• Makes timely, appropriate referrals.
• Utilizes resources in planning and presenting patient education, considering patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
• Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Supports unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities.
• Attends mandatory in-services and meets unit education standards.
• Accurately completes variance reports.

Decision Making

• Independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.

Working Relationship

• Works directly with patients and/or customers.
• Works with internal/external customers.
• Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Special Job Dimensions

None.

Supplemental Information

This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

Cardiology Specialty Universal B - Yale Campus

Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136

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EOE Protected Veterans/Disability

Saint Francis is a Catholic, not-for-profit Health system based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are the largest private employer in Eastern Oklahoma with over 12,000 employees, including 1,000 physicians. The health system is anchored by the 1,112-bed Saint Francis Hospital, the largest hospital in Oklahoma and the 11th largest in the nation. Our system also includes hospitals in south Tulsa, Muskogee and Vinita, as well as 110 Warren Clinic locations from Monkey Island to McAlester, northeastern Oklahoma's only children's hospital, a level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a 168-bed heart hospital, and Tulsa's leading trauma and emergency center.