RN,EMS Critical Care Medical Transport, Casual, Grant Medical Center

OhioHealth•Williamstown, KY

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides general nursing care to patients and families throughout the continuum of care in diverse, acute health care settings. The RN is accountable for the practice of nursing as defined by the Ohio Board of Nursing. The RN delegates nursing tasks to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) using the criteria written in the Ohio Nurse Practice Act. According to department policies and nursing care standards, provides professional nursing care services to patients. Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care provided to assigned patients. As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties. The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license from the State of Ohio and/or current Registered Nurse license in good standing with a multi-state compact state.
BLS certification
BSN required at 5 years of employment
Current State of Ohio Paramedic and/or EMT Certification (EMT-B).
Pre-Hospital Transport experience as an EMT-B, Paramedic or RN.
Knowledge in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
3 years Critical Care experience; 3 years Critical Care EMS transport.

Responsibilities

Performs initial, ongoing, and functional health status assessment as applicable to the population and or individual (30%).
Based on nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, documents planned nursing interventions to achieve outcomes appropriate to patient needs (30%).
Evaluates and documents response to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes at appropriately determined intervals; as part of a multidisciplinary team, revises plan of care based on evaluative data (20%).
Actively participates in process improvement activities to achieve targeted measures of clinical quality, customer satisfaction, and financial performance (10%).
Operations (10%).
Care of the critically ill or injured patient during all phases of transport, required standard work and related processes of an EMS Critical Care Transport Program.
The Critical Care Transport RN is responsible for the functions of the critical care EMS transport program during the assigned shift.
In charge RN crewmember for patient transport level of MICU & ALS.
In charge shift RN responsible for the operational support of standard work related to the MICU vehicle, equipment, drugs and supplies, maintenance, state licensure & practice adherence, radios, sending & receiving care site communications; OhioHealth protective services/EMS transport dispatching interface; documentation including EMS patient chart, EMS billing, and documentation, CQI etc., bedside patient report & final disposition.
Medical protocol adherence. Participates in CQI program with medical director.
Consistent participation and successful completion of all staff education, medical & skill competency training & testing, preceptor for staff orientation.