Registered Nurse I

Saint Luke's Health System•Lee's Summit, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse I is accountable for utilizing the nursing process, performing and delegating patient care tasks, and supervising other patient care staff. This role involves coordinating the plan of care for assigned patients and consulting with other healthcare team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes. The clinical nurse is expected to demonstrate proficiency and adhere to established policies, rules, guidelines, and procedures. In a clinic setting, the RN I provides professional nursing care, manages telephone triage, patient flow, and coordinates patient care. Specific duties include scheduling emergent patient appointments, identifying learning needs for patients and families, providing advice and recommendations, inserting intravenous access with medication administration, and performing other clinic-specific tasks. The RN I delegates tasks to clinical staff based on demonstrated competencies and scope of practice, serves as a subject matter expert for patient education, assessment, interpretation, and documentation of patient care and testing, and enters admission orders as directed by a provider. The role also includes managing expired samples and requires the ability to work both in a team and autonomously, demonstrating excellent customer service skills and a professional demeanor. The RN I may also cover Medical Assistant, LPN, or other office duties as needed. This is a full-time night position within Saint Luke’s Health System, a faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City with 18 hospitals and campuses, home care and hospice, behavioral health care, physician practices, and a senior living community. Saint Luke’s is committed to excellence in patient care and fostering a diverse and inclusive workspace.

Requirements

Applicable Experience: 1 year
Basic Life Support RQI - Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI)
Neonatal Resuscitation Program RQI - Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI)
Registered Nurse (MO) - National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NURSYS)
Associate Degree - Nursing
Able to work in a team atmosphere as well as autonomously
Excellent customer service skills and professional demeanor at all times

Responsibilities

Utilizing the nursing process
Performing patient care
Delegating patient care tasks
Supervision of other patient care staff
Coordinating the plan of care for a group of assigned patients
Consulting with other members of the health care team when indicated to ensure optimal patient outcomes
Demonstrating proficiency and abiding by policies, rules, guidelines, and procedures
Providing professional nursing care for clinic patients following established standards and practices (in clinic setting)
Performing telephone triage (in clinic setting)
Managing patient flow (in clinic setting)
Coordinating patient care (in clinic setting)
Scheduling emergent need patient appointments (in clinic setting)
Identifying learning needs for patients and families (in clinic setting)
Providing advice and recommendations (in clinic setting)
Inserting intravenous access with medication administration (in clinic setting)
Performing duties as assigned based on clinic need (in clinic setting)
Delegating tasks to clinical staff in accordance with demonstrated competencies and consideration to Scope of Practice
Serving as subject matter expert for patient education, assessment, interpretation, and documentation of patient care and testing
Entering admission orders as directed by provider
Managing expired samples
Covering Medical Assistant job duties, LPN job duties, or other office duties as needed