Resource RN

CommonSpirit Health•London, KY

About The Position

The Resource RN provides diverse professional nursing services and delivers quality patient care in accordance with regulatory requirements and the nursing scope of practice. The role collaborates in developing, implementing, and assessing patient care plans, and directly engages in patient care by assessing, planning, coordinating, and delegating tasks to the patient care team. The Resource RN educates patients, families, and staff, implements interventions to support optimal outcomes, and manages issues in a physician’s absence. The nurse is accountable for care quality, directs care, and uses resources efficiently, including providing comprehensive perioperative care for surgical patients. The Resource RN assesses care needs and interprets assessment data, completes system-based and hospital-specific competencies, and maintains accurate documentation of observations, treatments, teaching, medications, care provided, patient responses, and the plan of care. In collaboration with patients and families as defined by the patient, the RN evaluates, plans, directs, and administers patient care. The nurse implements care plans based on established standards, policies, and procedures while incorporating cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age-related considerations. The role requires safe and accurate medication administration and appropriate delegation and supervision of routine technical functions performed by licensed and non-licensed personnel. Saint Joseph London is a 150-bed regional hospital in London, Kentucky, situated on a 52-acre healing environment. It is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system.

Requirements

Associate of Science in Nursing.
At least one year of experience as an RN in an acute care facility, upon hire.
Registered Nurse licensure in Kentucky, upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 90 days.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within six months.
Trauma Nurse Core Course within 12 months.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification upon hire.

Responsibilities

Provide diverse professional nursing services and quality patient care in accordance with regulatory requirements and nursing scope of practice.
Collaboratively develop, implement, and assess patient care plans.
Assess, plan, and coordinate patient care, and delegate tasks to the patient care team.
Educate patients, families, and staff and implement interventions to support optimal outcomes.
Manage issues in a physician’s absence.
Assess care needs and interpret assessment data to identify needs and constraints.
Complete system-based and hospital-specific competencies.
Document observations, treatments, teaching, medications, care provided, patient responses, and the plan of care accurately.
Evaluate, plan, direct, and administer care in collaboration with patients and families as defined by the patient.
Implement plans of care based on established standards, policies, and procedures, incorporating cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age-related considerations.
Administer medications safely and accurately.
Delegate and supervise routine technical functions performed by licensed and non-licensed personnel.
Provide comprehensive perioperative care for surgical patients.
Direct care and use resources efficiently while maintaining accountability for care quality.