REGISTERED NURSE, RN - PCU

Independence Health System - Westmoreland Area; Mount Pleasant (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse for its Progressive Care Unit (PCU). In this vital role, you'll assess and implement care plans for patients while collaborating with a dynamic health care team. Your expertise will ensure high-quality patient outcomes, and your leadership will guide less experienced staff. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in patient care while working in a supportive and professional environment. If you are passionate about nursing and ready to take on new challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program is required.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients.
• Coordinate with health care teams to ensure quality of care.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational Skills

Critical Thinking

Communication

Education

Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

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Job Summary

The RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care for a designated group of patients. The RN coordinates, directs, and actively participates as an effective member of the interdisciplinary health care team, contributing to the efficient operation of the unit and promoting positive patient outcomes.

Job Details

Description

The RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care for a designated group of patients. The RN coordinates, directs, and actively participates as an effective member of the interdisciplinary health care team, contributing to the efficient operation of the unit and promoting positive patient outcomes.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
• Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient/family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• The Registered Nurse provides direct oversight of the GN, LPN, Technical Partner, ALS Technician, Nurse Extern, and Unit Clerks. This oversight includes conducting the initial comprehensive assessment and interpreting the assessment to initiate the interprofessional plan of care. It also includes supervising the delegation of duties within the scope and capability of the care team supervised.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Specialty Job Functions

• Demonstrates the ability to interpret and treat arrhythmias.
• Reviews rhythm strips.
• Demonstrates appropriate treatment of arrhythmia.
• Utilizes appropriate protocols for administration of drugs for treatment of arrhythmias.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
• A Nursing refresher course may be required if the employee hasn’t worked in an acute care setting for his/her most recent three consecutive years of professional employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• One (1) year medical-surgical, PCU, or critical care experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN).

License, Certification & Clearances

• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program required.
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• Current ACLS or completion within one (1) year of hire/transfer date into department.
• Current NIH Stroke Scale or completion within six (6) months of hire/transfer into department.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but may serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• Scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
• Travel may be expected locally between System locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information. They will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.