Hospital Unit RN - Dayshift
About The Position
J.D. McCarty Center is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide nursing care and treatments to patients with developmental disabilities, from birth through age 21, and a variety of medical conditions. The RN administers medication, monitors and records patient progress, educates patients and families as needed, and helps create and manage nursing care plans. The role also contributes to evaluations of patients’ current and future medical needs. The described shift runs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. J.D. McCarty Center is a 36-bed pediatric rehabilitation hospital serving children with disabilities from birth to age 21. Patients are admitted for a 30-day evaluation and assigned an interdisciplinary treatment team that may include nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition, social services, psychology, behavioral analysis, and recreational therapy. The hospital’s 80-acre campus includes an on-site elementary, intermediate, and high school staffed by Norman Public School teachers. Patients may continue treatment as inpatients in habilitation status, depending on progress or placement needs. The facility is tobacco- and vape-free. The position requires the employee to serve a one-year probationary period.
Requirements
- Associate or bachelor’s degree.
- License to practice nursing in the state of Oklahoma.
- Must be in good standing with the Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.
- Must serve a one-year probationary period.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care and maintain nursing standards while supporting patients’ medical needs.
- Assess patients and develop care plans that identify areas for improvement and support quality care.
- Communicate with patients, families, and medical team members to achieve patient-care-plan goals.
- Complete each-shift patient assessments, including review of medications, physical status, and treatments given.
- Participate in initiating, modifying, and implementing patients’ nursing care plans.
- Receive reports from licensed nursing staff about patients’ medical status, condition, and progress.
- Complete patient charts using the PIE format and the EHR system.
- Attend consult appointments, field trips, and recreational activities that are part of patients’ treatment plans.
- Supervise, support, and assist Direct Care staff with services and interventions provided to patients.
- Communicate medical information and collaborate with the treatment team to support patients’ medical, therapeutic, and behavioral goals.
- Promote teamwork and continuity of patient care.
- Attend medical conferences and courses for ongoing care and education.
- Assist Nursing Administration by collecting data for Quality Assurance Performance Improvement.
Benefits
- Shift differential.
- Health insurance benefit allowance, including dental, life, and disability insurance.
- Optional vision, supplemental life, dependent health, and dependent life insurance.
- Insurance options to customize health and dental coverage.
- Flexible spending plans.
- Defined contribution retirement plan.
- Three weeks of annual leave and three weeks of sick leave per year.
- Eleven paid holidays per year.
- Longevity bonus beginning in the second year of employment.
- State employee discounts.
- Continuing education opportunities.
- Supplemental insurance plans.
- Credit unions.
- On-site employee gym.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
