Registered Nurse (RN) - Interventional Radiology - Lourdes Hospital - PRN

Mercy Health BSMH

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The ICU (Critical Care) Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, determining the priority of the patient’s problems and needs, implementing clinical nursing interventions to acute, critical patients that require intensive medical care, developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes, and ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. This role involves collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team, conducting and analyzing initial and ongoing patient assessment, creating a plan of care, implementing treatment, and evaluating treatment effectiveness. The nurse synthesizes and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry, anticipates and responds with confidence, and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions. Medications are administered in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and the organization’s policies and procedures.

Requirements

Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
1 year of RN experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Nursing
BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred at hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care, ACLS required within 6 months of hire)
PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (preferred at hire, required in lieu of BLS/ACLS for Pediatric Units, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care)
6 months RN experience in a Med/Surg, Critical Care, Stepdown, or Emergency Department Unit

Responsibilities

Utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status
Determining the priority of the patient’s problems and needs
Implementing clinical nursing interventions to acute, critical patients that require intensive medical care
Developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes
Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
Conducts and analyzes initial and ongoing patient assessment, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness
Synthesizes and prioritizes information in order to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry
Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions
Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and the organization’s policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned