Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU Stepdown - St. Elizabeth Youngstown

Bon Secours Mercy Health - Youngstown, OH

Full-time - Entry Level

Youngstown, OH

Hospitals

About the position

The Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) at Bon Secours Mercy Health is responsible for delivering patient care through the nursing process, which includes data collection, assessment, and evaluation of nursing care outcomes. The RN collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to coordinate and direct patient teaching activities and care provided by health team members. This role involves managing patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma, ensuring patient safety, and advocating for patients' needs and choices in their care.

Responsibilities

• Conducts initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness.
• Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures.
• Serves as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments.
• Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department.
• Serves as patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.
• Clinically manages patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma.
• 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 to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Responds to the unique needs of patients and families coping with unanticipated illness or injury and advocates for their choices in quality of life.

Requirements

• Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)
• 1 year of RN experience (required)
• 6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

Nice-to-haves

• 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)
• CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred)
• PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred)
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)
• Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)
• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)
• Critical Care Course (preferred)

Benefits

• Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
• Prescription drug coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance w/AD&D
• Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance