Registered Nurse MedSurg

Banner Health•St. Cloud, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Banner Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Med/Surg team at Platte County Memorial Hospital in Wheatland, Wyoming. The role provides nursing care to a variety of patients on the Med/Surg unit. Although the posting describes the position as full-time, it also states that the position is PRN and works as needed on day and night shifts, with hours listed as 6:00 pm–6:30 am. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The role uses nursing judgment and specialized knowledge to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs, and is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse or others under their direction. Platte County Memorial Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient services, including a specialty outpatient clinic. The hospital has renovated inpatient, surgical, diagnostic imaging, emergency, and laboratory facilities. The position is based in Wheatland, a close-knit community with nearby recreational opportunities and access to Cheyenne and Denver.

Requirements

Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
Must demonstrate through the interview process the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job.
Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the work area, demonstrated through annual validations.
Clinical experience in the area of application is desired.
Additional certification or continuing education may be required depending on the area of practice.
For Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions, at least one year of acute care hospital experience is required, including work in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as an RN in the specialty area.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Professional certification preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history, examinations, diagnostics, and laboratory data; and report abnormal results to appropriate caregivers.
Complete patient assessments and reassessments according to patient needs and organizational policy.
Formulate and initiate individualized plans of care, including discharge plans, using assessment findings and input from patients, families, and the health care team.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team and revise care plans as patient needs and status change.
Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities, following physician orders, care plans, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals, and revise care plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and promptly in the patient record.
Provide evidence-based care and, when applicable, participate in research and unit or facility shared leadership.
Participate in education, role development, orientation, precepting, and mentoring of personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors as appropriate.
Contribute to safe, timely, effective, efficient, and equitable patient outcomes and participate in improvement of nursing quality indicators.
Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, community providers, agencies, and clergy to coordinate and support patient care.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.