RN Critical Care - IST $65 Premium Flat Rate (AHN Travel Team)
About The Position
The Internal Staffing Team Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for assigned individuals and families. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The AHN Internal Staffing Team (IST) is an inpatient travel team. IST employees rotate among AHN hospitals in Pennsylvania, including Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Valley Hospital, Canonsburg Hospital, Forbes Hospital, Jefferson Hospital, West Penn Hospital, Wexford Hospital, AHN Grove City, and St. Vincent Hospital. The inpatient team includes Registered Nurses assigned to one of three clinical teams: Critical Care, Telemetry/Med Surg, or Emergency Medicine. Inpatient IST members receive a premium rate of $65 per hour. The role provides professional leadership, supports team development, contributes to safe and high-quality patient care, and works rotating shifts with 24/7 coverage. Employees must meet hospital time and attendance guidelines and complete assigned duties within the established work shift.
Requirements
- Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
- Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
- Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
- Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
- CPR certification from the American Heart Association.
Nice To Haves
- Certification in the area of specialty.
- One year of travel nursing experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
- Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and the skills of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign staff duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
- Consider environmental safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning care.
- Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
- Contribute to a culture where staff can acknowledge mistakes and take appropriate risks.
- Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care and health services.
- Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
- Supervise delegates and evaluate LPN practice within the applicable scope.
- Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care according to individual needs, prescriptions, and applicable policies, involving patients and families.
- Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
- Analyze the health status of individuals and families against applicable norms to determine care needs.
- Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
- Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
- Pursue ongoing learning, use current research and evidence to maintain and develop clinical skills, and promote the profession through participation in professional organizations.
- Participate in peer review and seek feedback to identify strengths and professional development needs.
- Evaluate patient and family satisfaction, participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives, communicate compassionately, and attempt to resolve patient and family concerns.
- Work rotating shifts with 24/7 coverage and manage time effectively to complete assigned duties within the established shift.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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