RN Staff Nurse Float Pool PRN

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

41d

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. If you've got a great heart and passion for nursing, you belong here. As a full-time nurse with our in-house staffing float pool, you're always ready, willing, and able to go where the greatest patient care is needed. Did we say how impressed with are with you yet? Comfortable in a variety of care settings, you get right to heart of each day, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating your patient care based on the standards of care and the policies of LCMC Health. Each day is different, and your self-starter mindset quickly earns you the trust of your care team members. As you exhibit flexibility and nursing knowledge, your role as a float pool nurse allows you to live your extraordinary and become part of a community of caregivers that appreciates your can-do attitude. Does this sound like you? Then, you're going to love it here. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your "little something extra" all add up to you. We love that about you. And we're excited to get to know you and find out what you'll bring to this hands-on, never routine, nursing role.

Requirements

Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
1 year of professional nursing experience

Responsibilities

Prioritize, coordinate, and delegate all care touchpoints for your patients performing priority technical procedures as assigned.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to ensure appropriate direct patient care.
Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone.
Monitor and engage with your patients, families, and appropriate care team members concerning significant events, patient condition changes, or patient questions and concerns.
Maintain a safe environment for everyone and demonstrate compliance with all state and federal regulatory and accrediting agencies (i.e. patient safety, infection control, HIPAA, etc.) and adhere to LCMC Health's policies and procedures.
Monitor and execute Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements.
Prevent and treat wounds.
Perform proper hand-off while identifying and communicating problems to ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient.
Communicate information, data, significant events to appropriate care team members or supervisors, including current or changes in patient condition/status, laboratory/diagnostic data, intake and output, nutrition needs, patient needs, assessment findings, changes of shift reporting, unit problems, patient/family/physician team member complaints, defective equipment and supply usage.
Keep patients informed and initiate patient and family education using appropriate resources and continuum of care services.
Contribute to the team by assistingâ¯others without being asked.
Seek supervision, consultation, and assistance when unable to perform tasks effectively, safely, or independently.