Registered Nurse, Part Time, ICU

WVU Medicine•Uniontown, AL

15d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides professional nursing care for patients in an inpatient hospital setting, with authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for delivering care through the nursing process. The nurse applies clinical knowledge and skills, exercises independent nursing judgment, and remains accountable for care provided directly and for care delegated to other health care providers to achieve quality patient outcomes. The role requires novice-level knowledge and skills relevant to the patients under the nurse’s care, including applying growth and development principles across the life span and assessing and interpreting patient data to identify age-specific needs. The position is part-time, scheduled for 24 hours per week, with a varied shift at Uniontown Hospital’s ICU in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The position requires a current Registered Nurse license for the state where services are provided or a current multistate RN license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact. Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire. Less than 12 months of registered nurse experience is specified. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred. The CAPE clinical advancement program supports professional development, recognizes quality clinical performance, promotes quality nursing, and aims to improve job satisfaction for inpatient direct-care nurses. Advancement levels have additional experience, degree, certification, and competency requirements.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided, or current multistate Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Less than 12 months of experience as a registered nurse.
Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, negotiate, and resolve conflict.
Competent clinical practice and critical-thinking skills to deliver patient care efficiently with health care providers and make effective use of resources.
Ability to adapt to changes in work volume, staffing, and scheduling.
Ability to work under highly stressful conditions and adapt to varying workloads and assignments.
Ability to perform work involving lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.
Visual acuity within the normal range.
Hearing within the normal range to assess sounds and monitors.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate safety and continuity of care through documentation and handoff processes.
Develop and implement a plan of care using assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes.
Recognize patient safety concerns using appropriate resources.
Educate patients according to their individual learning needs and use teach-back to evaluate educational effectiveness.
Incorporate patient individuality and mutuality information into care delivery.
Complete and document adequate patient assessments.
Use evidence-based practice in nursing care and participate in the organizational patient-centered care model.
Document problems and issues in the plan of care.
Build the ability to care for more complex patients by consulting experienced colleagues.
Pursue lifelong learning through self-reflection and inquiry.
Retain accountability for delegated nursing care and recognize the scope of practice of interprofessional team members.
Participate in holistic, culturally sensitive data collection and assess the effect of family dynamics on patient health and wellness.
Use the American Nurses Association code of ethics to guide nursing practice.
Identify discriminatory health care practices in culturally diverse populations and individualize care based on patients’ beliefs, barriers, and readiness to learn.
Complete annual specialty-accreditation education when required by the facility.