Registered Staff Nurse PRN - UH Neuro/Surgical ICU - University Hospital

USA Health•Mobile, AL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

USA Health is hiring a Registered Staff Nurse for the Neuro/Surgical ICU at University Hospital. The nurse provides family-centered care in accordance with organizational policies and the Nurse Practice Act, using the nursing process to assess patients, plan individualized care, identify expected outcomes, and implement and evaluate interventions for patients and families. The role serves a diverse patient population, from neonates through geriatric patients, and may serve as charge nurse when assigned. The nurse performs therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, administers medications and blood products, responds to emergencies, provides basic life support, and maintains vascular access as required. The role also includes patient and family education, accurate medical-record documentation, communication with patients, families, physicians, and the healthcare team, and compliance with hospital, safety, and infection-control requirements. Charge nurse duties include directing staff and resources, communicating unit issues to nursing leadership, helping resolve problems and complaints, assisting with assignments, and verifying emergency equipment is functional. The position requires frequent standing and walking, along with lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping or crouching, kneeling, and crawling; sitting is occasional. Regular and prompt attendance is required, as is the ability to work the defined schedule and overtime when required. Benefits eligibility requires a regular position of at least 20 hours per week (.50 FTE or greater).

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Registered Nurse state licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact for Alabama, required upon hire.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), required.
Basic Life Support (BCLS), required upon hire.
Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the listed requirements.
Ability to work the schedule as defined and overtime as required.
Ability to meet the position's physical demands, including frequent standing and walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping or crouching, kneeling, and crawling.

Responsibilities

Provide family-centered nursing care in accordance with policies and the Nurse Practice Act.
Serve as charge nurse when assigned; direct unit activities and coordinate personnel, materials, and other resources to meet patient and nursing-staff needs.
Supervise, plan, evaluate, and coordinate care provided by licensed and non-licensed staff.
Use the nursing process to assess patients, plan individualized care, identify expected outcomes, and implement and evaluate nursing interventions for patients and families.
Perform therapeutic procedures and assist with diagnostic procedures needed for patient care.
Administer medications, including controlled substances, by all routes, and administer blood and blood products.
Respond appropriately to emergency patient situations; perform basic life support and manage arrest situations.
Start IVs, access life ports, and maintain central venous lines.
Perform activities of daily living and provide competent care to neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Provide patient and family education by planning, coordinating, and delegating educational needs as appropriate.
Maintain accurate and complete medical records, complete required documentation in a timely manner, and supervise, evaluate, finalize, and transcribe patient-care records and physician orders as specified.
Use the Hospital Information System through a personal computer or terminal.
Communicate effectively and use appropriate customer-relations skills with physicians, patients, families, and healthcare team members in person and by telephone; respond to overhead pages.
As charge nurse, communicate ongoing unit-status, patient-care, staffing, quality-management, and other issues to the Nurse Manager and Nurse Administrator.
Act as a first point of resolution for issues with other departments and patient complaints; assist with shift assignments or staff as needed.
Verify that emergency equipment is functional.
Serve as a preceptor for new employees and nursing students.
Follow compliance requirements, hospital confidentiality policies, infection-control standards, and safety standards; perform duties ethically and in keeping with organizational values.
Use proper body mechanics when moving, positioning, or transferring patients and equipment, with assistance when needed for safety.
Complete mandatory unit, department, educational, and hospital requirements; cooperate with colleagues, support unit performance, and use cost-effective practices.
Maintain regular and prompt attendance, work the defined schedule and overtime as required, and complete related duties as assigned.