RN - Intensive Care Unit

LMH Health•Lawrence, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

LMH Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This full-time position involves providing direct nursing care, coordinating patient care, and ensuring patient information is maintained according to established policies, procedures, and protocols. The RN will utilize effective decision-making skills based on patient and family healthcare needs and priorities, fostering therapeutic relationships and promoting patient/family involvement in their care. This role emphasizes collaboration with the clinical team, including physicians, to optimize patient outcomes through concise communication and continuous collaboration. The RN will also be responsible for assessing and coordinating discharge planning needs and exemplifying professionalism through lifelong learning and contribution to nursing best practices.

Requirements

Associates in Nursing or diploma
Current Basic life Support for Healthcare Providers
Current Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas

Nice To Haves

Bachelors in Nursing
ACLS within 6 months of hire (ED, ICU/2East or other units)

Responsibilities

Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families promoting decision making based on the assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and treatments.
Communicate and collaborate concisely and continuously among clinical team, including physicians, both verbally and in documentation focusing on patients identified problems and needs by implementing and monitoring patient care plans, as well as recording and communicating patient conditions as appropriate, to optimize their health outcomes.
Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
Competently applies collaborative teamwork and leadership as a member of an inter-professional team to coordinate patient centered care for quality patient and unit outcomes of care processes by: Utilizing information, resources and technology
Provide Patient Centered Care Nursing processes including Patient/Family, Evidence Based Practices (EBP), safety and process improvement
Exemplifies professionalism: applies lifelong learning; contributes to the science of nursing; participates in governance; shares knowledge to expand the scale and scope of best practices with others; builds the ethical, moral and regulatory base for best practices and processes of patient and unit care.
Performs nursing care according to the population served on the unit as referenced in the Administrative, Scope of Services Policy.
Performs other duties as assigned in line with current basic nursing scope.
Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.