RN Acute Surgery Unit FT Nights

100 LCMC Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Med-Surg nurse for a nights shift in Louisiana. This role offers a sign-on bonus based on experience and focuses on comprehensive direct patient care, from bedside to chart entry and care coordination.

You will engage with patients and families, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and uphold high standards of safety and quality care in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Louisiana nursing license per LSU Board requirements.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead: prioritizing, coordinating, and delegating all care touchpoints for patients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to ensure direct patient care.
• Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone.
• Monitor and engage with patients, families, and care team regarding events, condition changes, or questions.
• Prevent and treat wounds.
• Monitor and enforce Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements.
• Ensure continuity of care and effective communications for every patient.
• Consult with supervisor when assignments cannot be completed safely.
• Initiate patient and family education using appropriate resources.
• Contribute to the team by assisting others without being asked.

Skills

Direct patient care

Team collaboration

Education

Louisiana nursing license

BLS certification

Job description

Job Summary

Your job is more than a job. SIGN ON BONUS ELIGIBLE POSITION! *AMOUNT BASED ON EXPERIENCE* Lets tell it like it is. Med-Surg nursing is the backbone of every hospital, and it’s not for everyone. Thankfully, youre not everyone. Your calling as a Med Surg nurse means your unwavering passion, mental toughness, heart of gold, and yes, mad skills make you an invaluable asset. You love being on the front line of care and getting to know your patients as real people. You sweat the small stuff and bring all you’ve got to every patient’s bedside, call light, hand hold, chart entry, medical need, team request, family request and yes, even the proverbial Jello request. You love the range of nursing skills it demands, and that there’s "never-a-dull-moment". And that’s what we love about you. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your "little something extra" all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this hands-on, diverse nursing role.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead: prioritizing, coordinating, and delegating all care touchpoints for your patients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to ensure appropriate direct patient care.
• Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone.
• Monitor and engage with your patients, families, and appropriate care team members concerning significant events, patient condition changes, or patient questions and concerns.
• Prevent and treat wounds.
• Monitor and execute Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements.
• Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient.
• Advise and consult with supervisor when unable to complete assignments or perform tasks promptly, effectively, or safely.
• Initiate patient and family education using appropriate resources and continuum of care services.
• Contribute to the team by assisting others without being asked.

Requirements

• Minimum: Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

Work Conditions

WORK SHIFT: Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary.

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+.

Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your Extras

Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here.

Equal Opportunity Statement

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

LCMC Health one-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Lets make every day extraordinary, together.