RN Critical Care - IST $65 Premium Flat Rate (AHN Travel Team)

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

11d•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 is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The AHN Internal Staffing Team is an inpatient travel team. Team members 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. Inpatient nurses work in Critical Care, Telemetry/Med Surg, or Emergency Medicine. Inpatient IST members receive a premium rate of $65 per hour. The position provides nursing leadership, participates in interdisciplinary care and quality initiatives, and delivers patient- and family-centered care. The role works rotating shifts with 24/7 coverage.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license 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

One year of travel nursing experience.
Three years of acute inpatient ICU experience.
ACLS.
CCRN.
NIH.

Responsibilities

Assess patients and families and use the nursing process to plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care.
Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and the skills of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider environmental safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes when assigning or delegating work.
Give peers verbal and written feedback about clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluations of clinical care and health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives, including use of appropriate order sets.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate LPNs within their scope of practice, as appropriate.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other health care providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families to identify care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify physicians or supervisors, intervene appropriately, and document actions.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue ongoing learning and professional development using current research and evidence; participate in professional organizations and peer review.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines and manage time effectively to complete assigned duties during the work shift.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction, participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives, communicate compassionately, and attempt to resolve patient and family concerns.