Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac & Clinical Decision Unit
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac & Clinical Decision Unit position at Liberty Hospital is a part-time role focused on weekend shifts. The RN will utilize the nursing process to coordinate an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, providing safe and therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. This role involves integrating knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet patient and family needs across the continuum of care. The RN will collaborate with others, including the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team, to ensure improvements in practice settings and take responsibility for self-development through lifelong learning. The position requires the RN to provide direction and guidance to others, serve as a resource, preceptor, and mentor, and demonstrate leadership in decision-making and problem-solving. The RN must integrate and communicate knowledge and sensitivity to the patient's psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and age-specific needs, practicing within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards, and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.
Requirements
- High School Graduate
- Associate Degree Nursing
- Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing (Kansas) or compact license
- CPR/ AED/ BLS - Other BLS within 14 days
Nice To Haves
- Some units will require additional unit-specific affirmations/certifications/work experience
Responsibilities
- Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
- Answers patient/significant others phone calls, evaluate patient's needs, and triage patient care.
- Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
- Consistently meets work schedule.
- Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
- Coordinates health care services with hospital, vendors, physician's offices and other institutions.
- Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member.
- Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
- Demonstrates critical thinking utilizing all aspects of the nursing process.
- Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
- Identifies area for professional growth.
- Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
- Maintains a safe environment for patients.
- Performs nursing assessments and triage of patient care needs for new and ongoing patients.
- Provides direct nursing care for specified patients, including appropriate supportive care and administration of chemotherapy, blood components, fluid and electrolyte replacements, and other oncology treatments as prescribed.
- Provides patient/family education using resources available.
- Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area: Unit specific certifications, Consultation with experts, In-services/rounds, Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team.
- Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.
- Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
Benefits
- The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
