Registered Nurse - Critical Care (Full-time, 7am-7pm)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) reports to the Director of Nursing and coordinates and ensures total nursing care for assigned patients, including assessment, planning, implementation, and documentation. The RN delegates to and supervises other job classes, including student nurses, nursing assistants, and licensed practical nurses. The role also assists with orienting new staff and clinically supervising nursing students, and supports patient-care quality, national patient-safety, regulatory-agency, and budgetary goals. The position is based at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is full-time on a day shift from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The RN provides care to a culturally and linguistically diverse patient population. The work involves exposure to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, and radiation. The role spends approximately 80% of the time standing or walking while pushing, pulling, lifting, or carrying up to 50 pounds, and approximately 20% sitting while working in a standard office environment.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Unencumbered Arkansas RN license.
- CPR certification.
- ACLS certification within 90 days.
- TNCC certification within 12 months.
- Must be able to spend approximately 80% of work time walking or standing while pushing, pulling, lifting, and/or carrying up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to work in an environment involving exposure to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, and radiation.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive and accurate patient assessments using evidence-based assessment tools.
- Provide nursing care according to the plan of care and perform clinical practice skills competently and safely.
- Identify changes in patients’ conditions and report them to appropriate providers.
- Monitor the care patients receive.
- Maintain patients’ medical records through complete and accurate documentation.
- Float among clinical services where qualified and competent.
- Evaluate patients’ progress toward expected clinical outcomes, including treatments and health education, in collaboration with patients and the health care team.
- Delegate to and supervise student nurses, nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and other applicable job classes.
- Assist with orienting new staff and clinically supervising nursing students.
- Assist in achieving patient-care quality, patient-safety, regulatory-agency, and budgetary goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
