RN - Critical Care Unit -Per Diem Night

Davita Inc. • Dover, NH, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 4w ago

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:

2:1 /1:1 RN patient ratio
Pharmacist on the unit
Designated clinical educator and night shift night 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