RN - Intensive Care Unit

LMH Health•Lawrence, KS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

LMH Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The RN provides direct nursing care, manages patient information, and leads care coordination based on patient and family healthcare needs. This role involves developing therapeutic relationships, communicating with the clinical team, assessing discharge planning needs, and collaborating as part of an inter-professional team to ensure quality patient outcomes. The position requires adherence to nursing processes, evidence-based practices, safety protocols, and continuous learning. The RN will perform nursing care according to the population served on the unit and other assigned duties.

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.