Registered Nurse, RN - Intensive Care Unit

Saint Francis Health System • Muskogee, OK

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse I provides nursing care in the Intensive Care Unit at the Muskogee Campus. The role assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care using the nursing process and hospital standards and unit policies and procedures, with the goal of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status. The position is full-time, working nights from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

The nurse coordinates care with patients, customers, and other healthcare professionals and staff, and may coordinate or lead the work of others without supervising them. This is a safety-sensitive position under Oklahoma law; a positive marijuana test may be grounds for refusing to hire or for disciplining or discharging an employee, even when the employee has a valid medical marijuana license.

Requirements

• Completion of the basic professional curriculum at a school of nursing approved and verified by a state board of nursing, with a diploma or degree from that school or eligibility to hold one.
• Valid multistate or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse license.
• 0–6 months of related experience.
• Working knowledge of general disease-state management processes, the biopsychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to be detail-oriented when examining clinical and numerical data.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process to care for patients.
• Assess, organize, and complete patient care while considering patients’ ages and cultural, psychosocial, and other relevant factors.
• Document steps of the nursing process and use proper medical terminology.
• Address patient problems and progress toward goals.
• Facilitate patient discharge through timely, appropriate referrals and patient education resources suited to patients’ ages and cultural and psychosocial factors.
• Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Support unit and hospital goals through performance-improvement and educational activities, including attending in-services, meeting unit education standards, and completing variance reports.
• Coordinate activities of others and lead others performing the same work, without supervising them.
• Work directly with patients and customers; interact with internal and external customers by telephone or face to face; and work with healthcare professionals and staff, including individuals at Director level or above.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree