Registered Nurse, RN (Internal Traveler) - Senior Services

Saint Francis Health System

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (Internal Traveler) assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies and procedures, monitoring and evaluating patient functional status. This is a 13-week assignment in Senior Services at the Yale Campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The schedule is 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Employees must work at least 24 hours per week, consisting of two 12-hour shifts, and be available for holiday and weekend coverage. The position is ECB status, requiring a minimum number of worked hours per month as needed by the department, with limited benefit offerings. It is designated safety sensitive under Oklahoma law. The nurse provides individualized care using the nursing process, considering patients’ cultural, psychosocial, and age-related needs. The role includes patient assessment, care planning, documentation, patient education and discharge support, referrals, interdisciplinary collaboration, and participation in unit and hospital quality-improvement and education activities.

Requirements

Completion of the basic professional curriculum at a school of nursing approved and verified by a state board of nursing, with a diploma or degree from that school or entitlement to hold one.
Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse license.
At least one year of related experience in the selected specialty.
At least one year of Registered Nurse experience.
Availability to work a minimum of 24 hours per week, consisting of two 12-hour shifts.
Availability for holiday and weekend coverage.
Working knowledge of disease-state management processes, the biopsychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Ability to organize and prioritize work effectively and efficiently.
Ability to be detail-oriented when examining clinical and numerical data.

Nice To Haves

BLS certification.
ACLS certification.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to care for assigned patients.
Complete patient assessments and individualize plans of care within established unit and nursing guidelines.
Provide care that considers patients’ cultural, psychosocial, and age-related factors.
Organize, prioritize, and perform nursing skills appropriate to the patient population, anticipating patient and unit needs.
Delegate and communicate effectively and appropriately.
Exercise professional judgment in response to changing patient or unit situations.
Document care and nursing-process steps in the appropriate record, recording data concisely, consistently, accurately, and legibly and using correct medical terminology abbreviations.
Address problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit and nursing policy.
Facilitate patient teaching and discharge, using appropriate resources and considering patient age and cultural and psychosocial factors.
Make timely, appropriate referrals and collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate.
Support unit and hospital goals through performance-improvement and educational activities.
Attend mandatory in-services and meet unit education standards.
Complete variance reports accurately.