Registered Nurse- NICU- PRN- The Birth Place (Olathe)

Position Title

Registered Nurse- NICU- PRN- The Birth Place (Olathe)

Olathe Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest :

The Registered Nurse (RN) utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. He / she provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. He / she integrates knowledge skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. The RN collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient family and the interdisciplinary team. He / she ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice serves as a resource preceptor and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving. The RN integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patients psychosocial spiritual cultural and age specific needs. He / she practices within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act specialty standards and organizational / departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety including order writing format correct administration considerations double checks and other established policies and practices.
• Answers patient / significant others phone calls evaluate patients needs and triage patient care.
• Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
• Consistently meets work schedule.
• Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial spiritual and cultural needs.
• Coordinates health care services with hospital vendors physicians offices and other institutions.
• Delegates appropriately according to task situation level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member. Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Demonstrates critical thinking utilizing all aspects of the nursing process.
• Develops implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patients condition and adapts plan as needed.
• Identifies area for professional growth.
• Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients.
• Performs nursing assessments and triage of patient care needs for new and ongoing patients.
• Provides direct nursing care for specified patients including appropriate supportive care and administration of chemotherapy blood components fluid and electrolyte replacements and other oncology treatments as prescribed.
• Provides patient / family education using resources available.
• Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area :

Unit specific certifications

Consultation with experts

In-services / rounds

Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team

Required Education and Experience

Required Licensure and Certification

Time Type : Part time

Job Requisition ID : R-48500

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a persons race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age (40 or older) disability veteran status or genetic information.

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Key Skills

EMR Systems,Hospital Experience,Acute Care,ICU Experience,Hospice Care,Workers' Compensation Law,Home Care,Nursing,Catheterization,Critical Care Experience,Medication Administration,Tube Feeding

Employment Type : Part-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1