RN - Intermediate Care

100 Lawrence Memorial Hospital; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

100 Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New York is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies and regulations. The RN will coordinate care for patients by employing effective decision-making skills based on healthcare needs.

The position involves developing therapeutic relationships, assessing patient discharge needs, and applying specialized nursing knowledge in critical care scenarios. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and current relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in nursing or directly related field for RN -2 level.
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers.
• Current Eligibility for Kansas RN license or Multi-State (Compact) License.

Responsibilities

• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Assess and coordinate patient’s discharge planning needs.
• Perform nursing care according to the population served on the unit.

Skills

Patient-Centered Care

Clinical Decision Making

Collaboration

Interprofessional Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Job description

Something special starts here. You can’t define it, but you know it when you see it: the difference between an average life and the good life. When your cup is full – with joy, purpose and lifelong health – it shows. At LMH Health, we are all about healthy people, healthy communities and healthy futures, and that makes us your destination for an exceptional career.

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization, while complying with laws and regulations in maintaining patient information. This position leads the coordination of care for patients by applying effective decision making skills based on patient/family healthcare needs and priorities.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families promoting decision making based on the assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and treatments.
• Communicate and collaborate concisely and continuously among the clinical team, including physicians, both verbally and in documentation focusing on patients’ identified problems and needs by implementing and monitoring patient care plans, as well as recording and communicating patient conditions as appropriate, to optimize their health outcomes.
• Assess and coordinate patient’s discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• Competently applies collaborative teamwork and leadership as a member of an inter-professional team to coordinate patient-centered care for quality patient and unit outcomes of care processes by:
  • Utilizing information, resources and technology.
  • Providing Patient-Centered Care and Nursing processes including Patient/Family, Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), safety and process improvement.
  • Exemplifying professionalism: applying lifelong learning; contributing to the science of nursing; participating in governance; sharing knowledge to expand the scale and scope of best practices with others; building the ethical, moral and regulatory base for best practices and processes of patient and unit care.
• Perform nursing care according to the population served on the unit as referenced in the Administrative, Scope of Services Policy.
• Perform other duties as assigned in line with current basic nursing scope.
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.
• Intermediate Care specific: Utilizing specialized nursing knowledge, the Critical Care Registered Nurse in Intermediate ICU manages conditions of patients who have life-threatening illnesses or conditions; including before, during, and after major surgeries; manages multiple traumatic injuries involving major systems (e.g., head, chest, abdomen); makes decisions about the use of aggressive interventions; assesses rapid hemodynamic and respiratory conditions and intervenes to mitigate complications of pneumothorax in critically injured trauma patients; handles protocol for sedating patients; implements shock protocol when organ dysfunction occurs and administers inotropes if in cardiogenic shock; delivers renal therapy by assessing kidney status, priming renal therapy circuits, and managing electrolytes; conducts pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems; treats cardiogenic shock, acute coronary syndrome, severe heart failure, executing hemodynamic monitoring protocol; manages intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage by external ventricular drain protocol; handles ICU Code Blue Protocol; ICU Sepsis Protocol; treats respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation; administers Rapid Sequence Intubation protocol.

Job Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in nursing or directly related field for RN -2 level.
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers.
• Current Eligibility for Kansas RN license or Multi-State (Compact) License.
• Preferred: ACLS within 6 months of hire (ED, ICU/2East or other units).

Equal Opportunity Employment

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.