RN Tele/Med Surg - IST $65 Premium Flat Rate (AHN Travel Team, Northwestern)

Highmark Health•PA, Working at Home - Pennsylvania, PA

3d•$29 - $65•Onsite

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 accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The AHN Internal Staffing Team is an inpatient travel team whose employees rotate among AHN Saint Vincent, Grove City, and Wexford in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Inpatient team members work in one of three clinical areas: Critical Care, Telemetry/Med Surg, or Emergency Medicine. Members receive a premium rate of $65 per hour. The role provides nursing care in accordance with patient needs, physician direction, and nurse and hospital policies. It includes professional leadership, collaboration with interdisciplinary colleagues, delegation and supervision, ongoing assessment of patient and family needs, and participation in safety, quality, and patient-satisfaction initiatives. The position works rotating shifts with 24/7 coverage.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate license 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

ACLS certification.
NIH certification.
One year of travel nursing experience.
Three years of Telemetry/Med Surg or PCU experience.
Level 1 Trauma Hospital experience.
Residence within 50 miles of the Northwestern, Pennsylvania hospitals.

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 staff competency; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider environmental safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning or delivering care.
Provide peers verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills.
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, delegate to, and evaluate LPNs within the appropriate scope of practice.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with prescriptions and applicable policies, involving patients and families.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other health care providers.
Analyze health status information to determine care needs; recognize and document changes in condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue ongoing learning and professional development, including use of current research and evidence to maintain clinical and professional skills.
Participate in professional organizations and systematic peer review; seek feedback and identify strengths and development needs.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives.
Use compassionate, patient- and family-centered communication and assess 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 shift.