RN Tele/Med Surg - 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 all actions as a licensed nurse and accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The AHN Internal Staffing Team is an inpatient travel team. Employees rotate among AHN hospitals in Pennsylvania, including facilities in the Pittsburgh metro area and Northwestern Pennsylvania. Inpatient team members work in one of three clinical areas: Critical Care, Telemetry/Med Surg, or Emergency Medicine. This role is on the Telemetry/Med Surg team. Inpatient IST members receive a premium rate of $65 per hour. The nurse provides professional leadership, supports colleagues through teamwork and mentoring, delegates and supervises tasks appropriately, and participates in interdisciplinary care, patient safety, and quality initiatives. The role uses the nursing process to assess patient and family needs, develop and implement care plans, evaluate outcomes, respond to changes in condition, and promote patient- and family-centered communication and satisfaction. The nurse accepts assignments outside the primary unit within individual competency, pursues ongoing learning and professional development, and follows hospital policies and attendance guidelines. The position works rotating shifts to provide 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
- ACLS.
- NIH certification.
- One year of travel nursing experience.
- Three years of Telemetry/Med Surg or PCU experience.
- Level 1 Trauma Hospital experience.
- Live within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Responsibilities
- 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 staff skill levels, and assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
- Consider patient safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning or performing care.
- Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
- Participate in interdisciplinary teams evaluating 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 assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
- Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care according to physician direction, nursing and hospital policy, and patient and family needs.
- Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with the patient, family, and other health care providers.
- Analyze the health status of individuals and families to determine care needs.
- Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician and/or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
- Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
- Pursue continuous learning, use current research and evidence to maintain clinical and professional skills, and promote the profession through participation in professional organizations.
- Participate in peer review, seek feedback, and identify strengths and areas for professional development.
- Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
- Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction, participate in patient satisfaction initiatives, promote compassionate patient- and family-centered communication, and attempt to resolve concerns.
- Work rotating shifts to support 24/7 coverage and manage time effectively to complete assigned duties within the work shift.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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