RN - Intensive Care Unit

Lawrence Memorial Hospital•Lawrence, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

LMH Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide direct nursing care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This role involves coordinating patient care, applying effective decision-making skills based on patient and family healthcare needs, and ensuring compliance with healthcare organization policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as laws and regulations for maintaining patient information. The RN will develop therapeutic relationships, communicate collaboratively with the clinical team, and assess discharge planning needs. This position is full-time and requires regular and reliable attendance.

Requirements

Associates in Nursing or diploma
Current Basic life Support for Healthcare Providers certification (or ACLS/PALS certification which waives BLS requirement based on department)
Current Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols.
Leads the coordination of care for patients by applying effective decision-making skills based on patient/family healthcare needs and priorities.
Develops therapeutic relationships with patients and families promoting decision making based on the assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and treatments.
Communicates and collaborates 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.
Applies 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.
Ensures regular and reliable attendance, which is an essential function of this position.