Registered Nurse (RN), Liberty ED - 24 hours/week, PM Shift

Cincinnati Children's•Liberty, LA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Liberty Emergency Department (ED). The role involves 24 hours per week on the PM shift. The nurse will be responsible for patient care, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and hospital policies, utilizing clinical judgment, engaging in continuous improvement of practice, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and demonstrating advocacy and cultural inclusivity. The position emphasizes a holistic team approach and innovation.

Requirements

Associate/Diploma prepared RNs from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution requires 2+ years of experience.
If hired without a BSN or MSN, must enroll in a BSN or MSN program within 1 year of hire date/RN job date and complete program within 5 years of hire/RN job date.
Active Ohio RN License.
May be required to obtain other state licensure.
Foreign graduates must have license validated through TruMeritTM per Ohio Board of Nursing code for Foreign Graduates.

Nice To Haves

BSN from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution or MSN.

Responsibilities

Sustain a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
Support leadership in Compliance efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital.
Monitor and comply with safety and departmental policies and procedures.
Ensure all individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis.
Collect clinical data; follow algorithms, decision trees, and protocols.
Match formal knowledge with clinical events to make appropriate decisions; use available resources as needed.
Document plan of care, care delivered, and patient and family outcomes.
Focus on the usual and customary needs of the patient and family; anticipate future needs; base care on standards and protocols; maintain a safe physical environment; acknowledge death as a potential outcome.
Consistently integrate age specific concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.
Use self-management support, develop care goals and actions through partnerships with patients and families.
Facilitate patient and family learning by providing structured education based on the plan of care goals, and the needs of the patient and family; use teach back to evaluate effectiveness.
Follow standards and guidelines; implement clinical changes and research-based practices developed by others; recognize the need for further learning to improve patient care; recognize routine or obvious changing patient situation (e.g., deterioration, crisis); in unusual care situations, seek help when needed to identify patient problem.
Use self-appraisal performance review and peer review, including annual goal setting, for assurance of competence and professional development to promote safe and ethical practice using the nursing process.
Demonstrate openness to coaching and mentoring from others.
Facilitate learning by assisting with peer and student learning experiences.
Work with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify, share, implement and evaluate safety best practices.
Be receptive to the contributions of the interdisciplinary team in team meetings and discussion regarding patient issues.
Participate in shared governance at the point-of-care as a member of unit-based councils or by demonstrating awareness and contributing to shared decision making (reading minutes, giving feedback and implementing council decisions).
Demonstrate consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.
Work on behalf of patient and family; assess personal values; aware of ethical conflicts/issues that may surface in clinical setting; make ethical/moral decisions based on rules; represent patient when patient cannot represent self; aware of patients' rights.
Assess cultural inclusion.
Recognize the potential impact of culture on the patient/family experience, and incorporate culturally inclusive concepts into patient care.
Consistently integrate age specific and culturally inclusive concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.