Registered Nurse ICU

St Catherine Hospital Dodge City•Dodge City, KS

5d•$32 - $52•Onsite

About The Position

St. Catherine Hospital-Dodge is reopening its 8-bed Intensive Care Unit and is seeking experienced nurses to care for a mix of medical and surgical ICU patients. The unit will have an intensivist available 24 hours per day and will care for patients with conditions including sepsis, COPD exacerbation, respiratory distress, pneumonia, heart failure, GI bleed, renal failure, and overdose. Nursing care may include patients with arterial and central lines, intubations, procedures, telemetry monitoring for floor patients, and cardiac and post-catheterization patients. The unit has an attached cath lab, and ICU patient ratios will be 1:2–3 based on acuity. The patient unit will care for a mix of general and ICU patients, with opportunities for self-scheduling and skill development. The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and the patient and family to meet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The role promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adherence to patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act, and accountable, relationship-based care. The RN assesses patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs; evaluates responses to care; develops and implements care plans with the interdisciplinary team; and performs therapeutic and diagnostic interventions such as IVs, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection. The role also requires maintaining confidential patient records, documenting patient status and outcomes accurately and promptly, using information technology to support communication and decision-making, advocating for patient health, safety, and rights, and educating patients and families while evaluating the effectiveness of teaching. This is a 0.90 FTE, full-time night position, scheduled 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. A $10,000 sign-on bonus and up to $8,000 in relocation assistance are offered to eligible new hires.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing, nursing diploma, or equivalent by endorsement.
Active and unencumbered RN license in the state of employment.
BLS certification from the American Heart Association.
ACLS certification from the American Heart Association.
NIHSS.
One year of RN ED experience.
TNCC or TCAR within one year of hire.
Ability to exert or lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
CCRN.

Responsibilities

Facilitate communication and collaboration with the healthcare team and the patient and family to address the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Promote patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process and in accordance with patient-care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act.
Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
Evaluate patients’ responses to care and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
Document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.
Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.