Registered Nurse (RN) - Intensive Care Unit - Full time days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Intensive Care Unit provides compassionate nursing care and helps ensure a safe, therapeutic environment. The RN assesses patients’ conditions and nursing needs, establishes goals, prescribes appropriate nursing actions, and develops care plans that address physical, psychological, social, rehabilitative, and discharge-planning needs. The role includes assessing and reassessing pain, understanding and educating patients about medications, evaluating the effectiveness of nursing interventions, and accurately documenting and reporting patient observations. The RN maintains hospital and unit nursing-care standards and policies, collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to support quality care and patient satisfaction, and participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement activities. Department-specific duties may also apply. The position is based on-site at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Missouri, and is scheduled for day shifts, three 12-hour shifts per week, with rotating weekends. Rotating shifts, holiday work, and work during inclement weather may be required.
Requirements
- Missouri Board of Nursing RN licensure or Nurse Licensure Compact multistate RN licensure. Compact-state RNs must apply under their new state of residency within 30 days when their primary state of residency changes.
- One year of RN experience.
Nice To Haves
- Additional license or certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ conditions and nursing needs, set goals, and prescribe nursing actions to meet those goals and patients’ physical, psychological, social, rehabilitative, and discharge-planning needs.
- Assess, intervene, and reassess patients’ self-reported pain or symptoms promptly using an appropriate assessment tool, such as the 0–10 numerical scale, FACES, or FLACC.
- Demonstrate understanding of medication actions and side effects, report pertinent information, and educate patients and significant others about medications.
- Evaluate whether nursing interventions are effective in achieving goals and intended patient-care outcomes.
- Maintain nursing-care standards and implement hospital and assigned-unit policies and procedures.
- Participate in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups; follow attendance, punctuality, and dress-code guidelines.
- Accurately and concisely document and report pertinent patient observations and reactions to appropriate personnel.
- Provide quality patient care and work with multidisciplinary teams to support patient satisfaction.
- Complete unit- or department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting on day one.
- Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays.
- Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years.
- Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%).
- Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels, and more.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
