RN: Progressive Care - Nights

University of Missouri Health Care • Columbia, MO

8d • $34 - $51 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the Progressive Care – Stepdown Unit at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. This on-site role provides holistic, patient-centered nursing care as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team. The nurse assesses patient needs and conditions, establishes care goals, provides appropriate interventions, and evaluates outcomes. Care includes pain assessment and management, medication education, discharge planning, and communication with patients, families, physicians, nursing supervisors, and other team members. The position follows hospital and unit standards, policies, and procedures and participates in quality and performance improvement activities.

The schedule is nights, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with every other weekend rotation. Rotating shifts, holidays, and work during inclement weather are required. The position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and involves routine contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. Physical activity includes ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 pounds.

The base pay range is $34.46–$51.02 per hour, based on experience, with an additional $3.00 per hour for weekend shifts.

Requirements

• Missouri Board of Nursing RN license or Nurse Licensure Compact multistate RN license. Compact-state RNs must apply under their new state of residency within 30 days if their primary state of residency changes.
• One year of RN experience.

Nice To Haves

• Additional license or certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ conditions and nursing needs; set goals and prescribe nursing actions to address physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs, including discharge planning.
• Assess, intervene, and reassess patients’ self-reported pain and symptoms promptly using an appropriate assessment tool, such as a 0–10 numerical scale, FACES, or FLACC.
• Understand medication actions and side effects, report pertinent information, and educate patients and significant others about medications.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions in achieving goals and intended patient care outcomes.
• Maintain nursing care standards and implement hospital and assigned-unit policies and procedures.
• Participate in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups; follow attendance, punctuality, and dress-code guidelines.
• Report pertinent patient observations and reactions to the appropriate person and record them accurately and concisely.
• Provide quality patient care and work with multidisciplinary teams to support high patient satisfaction.
• Complete unit- or department-specific duties as outlined in department documents, as applicable.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting day one.
• Generous paid time off program.
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years.
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%).
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed