Job Description - RN - Critical Care Unit - Per Diem Night (3302138)
Description
Per Diem RN - Critical Care Unit – ICU
This is a great opportunity for an experienced ICU RN to work within a multidisciplinary team providing comprehensive care to a complex and diverse patient population.
Benefits of working on this 11 bed unit include:
- Pharmacist on the unit
- Designated clinical educator and night shift education support
- Day/Night Clinical practice leader
- Designated support team members consisting of Health Unit Coordinator, LNA, Paramedics, and Registered Respiratory Therapist
- New provider model, day shift intensivist, and coming soon 7 day a week day and night shift advanced practice providers and night shift intensivist on-call in addition to E-ICU intensivist team!
- Leadership support
- Diverse educational opportunities include hands-on training in our simulation lab and onsite critical care course.
- Opportunity for $8/hr. weekend differential with every other weekend a month commitment!
- Unique shift times 5:30am-6pm and 5:30pm-6am
Granted the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence (trademark); 2019 by Healthgrades, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is renowned as one of the largest acute care hospitals in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. At Wentworth-Douglass, we value people who contribute to patient-centered care that enhances community health; we recognize and reward those who share our values and transform our patients' lives. We invite you to explore opportunities, cultivate community wellness and professional growth.
Job Duties:
Clinical Judgement:
- Appropriately assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patient care, specific to population served
- Follows policies/procedures, clinical practice standards pertinent to care, including emergency situations
- Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make decisions
- Demonstrates the ability to provide competent, effective care
- Seeks validation for clinical decisions, integrates input from other clinicians for decision making
- Prioritizes and organizes work appropriately to effectively meet patient needs
- Appropriately delegates to and supervises team members based on assessment of competencies, within scope of practice to ensure appropriate implementation of care
- Collaborates & communicates relevant patient data to appropriate persons clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing (e.g. handoffs)
- Effectively develops teaching plan and regularly integrates teaching into patient care
Systems Thinking:
- Recognizes available resources/tools for meeting patient/family needs
- Completes assignments in an efficient and timely manner, requesting and utilizing resources appropriately
- Documents patient assessment, plan, interventions and response in accordance with applicable policies and procedures
- Communicates with Nurse Manager/ or designee about availability and management of supplies, system equipment and personnel resources at unit/department level
- Demonstrates contribution to unit-based programs and strategies to monitor and continuously improve the quality of patient care
- Optimizes use of staff (overtime, agency, skill mix, etc.) based on unit census and patient acuity
Clinical Inquiry:
- Shows commitment to learning new knowledge and skills to enhance service to patients/families and achieve organizational goals
- Implements and validates practices based upon current nursing evidence
- Advances the profession by assisting in clinical education and orientation of other staff and students; may function as preceptor for new staff
- Uses available resources to answer questions in regards to best practices, reflects upon practices on an ongoing basis
- Identifies opportunities for improvement in processes of care and other improvements at a unit level
- Actively participates in the collection and use of data and/or evaluation relative to unit-based performance improvements
Unit Specific Responsibilities:
- Participates in selection of and completes all unit-specific competencies
- Articulates Nursing Sensitive Indicators and quality goals for unit and describes role in accomplishing expectations; describes role and participates in quality improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
Experience Minimum Required
- Graduate of accredited nursing program with RN licensure.
- BSN or enrollment in BSN program
Licensure and/or Certifications Required
- Registered Nursing License
- ARC or AHA BLS
- ACLS within 6 months after hire
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