Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiothoracic Intermediate Care Unit,, FT, 13 Week Temporary, NightsMary Washington Healthcare • Fredericksburg, VA, USA

Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiothoracic Intermediate Care Unit,, FT, 13 Week Temporary, Nights

Mary Washington Healthcare • Fredericksburg, VA, USA

30+ days ago

Job type

Permanent

Job description

Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiothoracic Intermediate Care Unit,, FT, 13 Week Temporary, Nights at Mary Washington Healthcare summary :

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Cardiothoracic Intermediate Care Unit provides comprehensive, patient-centered care while collaborating with health care teams to enhance quality of care. This position involves direct patient care responsibilities, coordinating with patients, families, and healthcare professionals, as well as participating in quality improvement initiatives. Candidates must be graduates of accredited nursing programs with valid RN licenses and relevant certifications.

Start the day excited to make a difference…end the day knowing you did. Come join our team.

Job Summary :

The Level II Competent Registered Nurse is clinically able to care for patients. The Level II MWHC nurse demonstrates the ability to collaborate with the healthcare team to improve the quality of care in the designated clinical area by incorporating research and implementing evidenced-based knowledge into practice. The Level II Competent Registered Nurse assumes the accountability and responsibility as a professional nurse for providing total, comprehensive, continuous, and patient-centered care for an assigned group of patients. The RN is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Practice Standards for a Level II Registered Nurse :

In the MWHC Practice Standards, a Level II Registered Nurse is outlined in the following areas of :

Exemplary Professional Practice Standards
Structural Empowerment Practice Standards
Transformational Leadership Practice Standards
New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvement Practice Standards

Essential Functions & Responsibilities :

Direct and coordinate nursing care, including oversight of licensed and unlicensed personnel in any assigned or delegated tasks using the nursing process and interdisciplinary teamwork to achieve desired patient outcomes.

Coordinate involvement of the patient, family and health team members in patient care, including patient / family teaching and discharge planning.

Communicate and coordinate the plan of care and other pertinent information to / from other health care team members.

Assist Leadership to define standards of excellence for patient care; participate in improvement of patient care services.

Participate in, contribute to and integrate performance improvement into care delivery and participate in quality improvement activities.

Participate in orientation of new permanent and temporary staff members.

Act as point of contact on hospital and departmental policies and procedures to nurses and other health team members.

Participate in daily operational activities necessary for safe patient / staff environment.

Provide input to the Nurse Manager regarding unit needs.

Participate in unit, departmental and hospital committees for formulation of nursing and hospital policies and procedures.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Graduate of an accredited nursing program and has experience as a Registered Nurse.

Valid RN License from Virginia or reciprocal compact state required.

BSN is preferred.

AHA BLS Provider CPR required at hire

AHA ACLS Provider required within 6 months

NIHSS (Bluecloud) required within 90 days

For those hired into the External Temporary RN Program :

If job profile requires BLS, ACLS, PALS or NRP within any period of time, it is required at hire for an External Temporary RN.

If job profile requires CPI, ONS or NIHSS within any period of time, it will be required within 30 days for an External Temporary RN

If job profile requires TNCC or ENPC within any period of time, it will be required within 30 days or by the next available course for an External Temporary RN.

As an EOE / AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

Keywords :

Registered Nurse, Cardiothoracic Nursing, Patient Care, Healthcare Team, Quality Improvement, BLS, ACLS, Nursing Process, Patient-Centered Care, Virginia RN License

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