Resource RN

CommonSpirit Health•Lexington, KY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Resource RN provides professional nursing services and quality patient care in accordance with regulatory requirements and the nursing scope of practice. The role collaborates with patients and their families to evaluate, plan, direct, administer, and assess care. The RN engages directly in patient care, using critical thinking to assess needs, coordinate care, and delegate tasks to the patient care team. The position includes comprehensive perioperative care for surgical patients and managing issues in a physician’s absence. The Resource RN assesses patients and interprets assessment data to identify care needs and constraints. The RN implements plans of care based on established standards, policies, and procedures, incorporating cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age-related considerations. Responsibilities also include maintaining accurate documentation, safely administering medications, educating patients, families, and staff, and appropriately delegating and supervising routine technical functions. The RN must complete system-based and hospital-specific competencies and use resources efficiently to support optimal patient outcomes. Saint Joseph East is a 217-bed community hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. It includes the Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East and a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system.

Requirements

Associate of Science in Nursing, or graduation from an accredited or approved school of nursing.
At least one year of experience as an RN in an acute care facility upon hire; the posting also describes a 1–3 year experience pathway.
Registered Nurse license for Kentucky upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support within six months.
Trauma Nurse Core Course within 12 months.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program upon hire.
At least one year of experience as an RN in an acute care facility upon hire.

Responsibilities

Provide 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 with patients and their families.
Assess patients, interpret assessment data, and determine care needs and constraints.
Use critical thinking to plan and coordinate care and delegate tasks to the patient care team.
Provide comprehensive perioperative care for surgical patients.
Educate patients, families, and staff and implement interventions to support optimal outcomes.
Manage issues in a physician’s absence.
Complete system-based and hospital-specific competencies.
Maintain accurate documentation of observations, treatments, teaching, medications, care provided, and patient responses, and integrate documentation into the plan of care.
Implement plans of care based on standards, policies, and procedures while 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.
Use resources efficiently and remain accountable for quality of care.