Registered Nurse (RN) – Intermediate Stepdown Unit 4S – St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Bon Secours Mercy Health; Youngstown (OH); On-site; USD 39,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Bon Secours Mercy Health in the Youngstown, OH area is seeking a Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) for per diem, days shift. The RN applies the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include ongoing patient assessment, safe medication administration, care coordination, and patient advocacy with emphasis on safety and quality improvement. Requires an active RN license and BLS; ACLS preferred.

Qualifications

• Current RN license in state they are working or compact (required).
• BLS Basic Life Support (or ACLS) preferred at hire; ACLS required within 6 months.
• Days shift availability for per diem (PRN) work.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and ongoing patient assessments and develop a plan of care.
• Administer medications safely according to policy.
• Coordinate patient care across departments and with families.
• Advocate for patient safety and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide patient education and bedside care in the stepdown unit.

Skills

RN license

Assessment skills

Medication administration

Patient advocacy

Education

RN degree or diploma

Job description

Thank you for considering a career at Mercy Health!

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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Work Shift:

Days (United States of America)

* Per Diem (PRN) - Must work 24 hours within a 6 week period.

About Us

As a faith-based and patient-focused organization, Mercy Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect. Mercy Health seeks people that are committed to our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service and stewardship to create an environment where associates want to work and help communities thrive.

Summary of Primary Function/General Purpose of Position

The Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifying and determining the priority of patient’s problems/needs, and evaluating the process and outcome of nursing care, all in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team. The RN coordinates, provides, and directs patient teaching activities and coordinates the care provided by health team members.

Essential Job Functions

• Conducts initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness
• Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures.
• Serves as point of contact for patients’ care coordination throughout hospital departments.
• Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department.
• Serves as patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.
• Serves as a point of care with care coordination and family members or caregivers.
• Clinically manages patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma.
• Using the AACN Synergy Model, restores, supports, promotes, rehabilitates, or palliates to maintain the physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes information in order to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry.
• Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Responds to the unique needs of the patients and families coping with unanticipated illness or injury and treatment and advocate for their choices in quality of life.
• BSMH nurses are expected to practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the BSMH Nursing Professional Practice Model.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

Licensing/Certification

• Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)
• BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred at hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care, ACLS required within 6 months