Staff Nurse Urgent Care

Akron Children's; Hudson (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Part time

Job summary

Akron Children’s Hospital is seeking an on-call Staff Nurse (RN) to provide family-centered nursing care within the pediatric setting. Responsibilities include assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care across ages, with leadership and mentoring duties as needed.

The role emphasizes collaboration with provider staff, quality/safety duties, and usage of EMR systems to ensure efficient operations and legendary patient service.

Qualifications

• BSN required; must obtain within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current RN license in Ohio.
• BLS certification required; other certifications may be required by department.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and directs nursing care with a family-centered focus.
• Provide care for physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of patients of all ages.
• Demonstrates leadership and professional duties.
• Participates in staff education and may precept new employees.
• Engages in quality improvement, safety, and informatics duties.
• Collaborates with providers to ensure efficient operation and high-quality pediatric care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer service

Organization

Time management

MS Office

EMR systems

Education

BSN

RN license in OH

BLS certification

Tools

EPIC

Microsoft Excel

Job description

On-Call, variable Days/Hours including Weekends

Summary

The Staff Nurse provides nursing care requiring specialized knowledge judgment and skill derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social and nursing sciences.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and directs nursing care with a focus on family centered care for individuals or groups of patients within the assigned scope of practice.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age and developmental status is required.
• Performs leadership and professional duties.
• Performs patient-centered care duties.
• Performs quality improvement and safety duties.
• Participates in the development education for staff members for clinically related issues. May be responsible for precepting new employees and act as a mentor to the clinical staff.
• Performs evidence-based practice duties.
• Supports the provider staff and actively promotes collaboration for efficient operation and quality care, and legendary customer service for pediatric patients using a team approach.
• Performs systems-based practice duties.
• Performs informatics and technology duties.
• Staff may be temporarily assigned to an area throughout the Akron Children's Hospital enterprise, based on patient needs requiring similar knowledge and skill.
• Other duties as required.

Technical Expertise

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance and motivation to other staff members with emphasis on working as a collaborative team to provide quality service to patients and their families.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written are required.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills are required.
• Strong organizational skills are required.
• Ability to work well under pressure to prioritize and complete required tasks and responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner.
• Experience working with various levels within an organization is required.
• Experience in healthcare is preferred.
• Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required.
• Experience working an electronic medical record system (i.e. EPIC) or similar software is preferred.

Education And Experience

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support training from the American Heart Association is required. Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Ohio is required.
• Years of relevant experience: Minimum of one (1) year of experience is preferred.
• Years of experience supervising: None

On Call

FTE: 0.001000

Status: Onsite