Hospital Unit RN- Nightshift
About The Position
J.D. McCarty Center is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide nursing care and treatments to patients with developmental disabilities, from birth to age 21, who have a variety of medical conditions. The role includes administering medication, monitoring and recording patient progress, and educating patients and families as needed. The position works from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and contributes to creating, managing, and evaluating nursing care plans and patients’ current and future medical needs. J.D. McCarty Center is a 36-bed pediatric rehabilitation hospital. Patients are admitted for a 30-day evaluation and assigned an interdisciplinary treatment team that includes nursing, physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutritional and social services, psychology, behavioral analysis, and recreational therapy. The center’s 80-acre campus includes an on-site elementary, intermediate, and high school staffed by Norman Public School teachers. Patients may continue treatment as inpatients in habilitation status based on progress or placement needs.
Requirements
- Associate or bachelor’s degree.
- License to practice nursing in the state of Oklahoma.
- Must be in good standing with the Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.
- Must serve a one-year probation period.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care and maintain nursing standards while addressing applicable medical needs.
- Assess patients and create care plans identifying areas for improvement and supporting quality care.
- Communicate with patients, families, and medical team members to achieve patient-care plan goals.
- Complete each-shift patient assessments, including review of medications, physical status, and treatments given.
- Participate in initiating, modifying, and implementing patients’ nursing care plans.
- Receive reports from licensed nursing staff about patients’ medical status, condition, and progress.
- Complete patient charts using the PIE format and EHR system.
- Attend consult appointments, field trips, and recreational activities as part of patients’ treatment plans.
- Supervise, support, and assist Direct Care staff with services and interventions provided to patients.
- Communicate medical information and collaborate with the treatment team to support patients’ medical, therapeutic, and behavioral goals.
- Promote teamwork and continuity of patient care.
- Attend medical conferences and courses for ongoing care and education.
- Assist Nursing Administration by collecting data for Quality Assurance Performance Improvement.
Benefits
- Shift differential.
- Health insurance benefit allowance, including dental, life, and disability insurance.
- Optional vision, supplemental life, dependent health, and dependent life insurance.
- Insurance options to customize health and dental coverage.
- Flexible spending plans.
- Defined contribution retirement plan.
- Three weeks of annual leave and three weeks of sick leave per year.
- Eleven paid holidays per year.
- Longevity bonus beginning in the second year of employment.
- State employee discounts.
- Continuing education opportunities.
- Supplemental insurance plans.
- Credit unions.
- On-site gym.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
