RN: Progressive Care - Nights
About The Position
MU Health Care is hiring a compassionate and dedicated registered nurse for its Progressive Care Unit at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. The RN assesses patients’ conditions and varied nursing needs, sets goals, and provides individualized care addressing physical, psychological, social, rehabilitative, and discharge-planning needs. The nurse promptly assesses, treats, and reassesses pain; manages and explains medications; evaluates nursing interventions and patient outcomes; and follows hospital and unit policies and nursing-care standards. The role also involves accurate documentation, communicating patient observations to appropriate team members, participating in meetings and quality-improvement activities, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to provide high-quality patient care. This is an on-site night position, scheduled from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. with every-other-weekend rotation. Rotating shifts, holidays, and work during inclement weather are required. The position is physically active, involving ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 pounds, and routinely includes contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses.
Requirements
- Missouri Board of Nursing RN license or Nurse Licensure Compact multistate RN license. Compact-state RNs must apply under their new state of residency within 30 days after changing their primary state of residency.
- One year of RN experience.
Nice To Haves
- Additional license or certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ conditions and nursing needs, establish goals, and prescribe appropriate nursing actions to meet physical, psychological, social, rehabilitative, and discharge-planning needs.
- Promptly assess, intervene on, and reassess patients’ self-reported pain and symptoms using appropriate tools such as a numerical scale, FACES, or FLACC.
- Understand medication actions and side effects, report pertinent information, and educate patients and significant others about medications.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions in achieving goals and intended patient-care outcomes.
- Maintain nursing-care standards and implement hospital and assigned-unit policies and procedures.
- Participate in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups, and follow attendance, punctuality, and dress-code guidelines.
- Accurately and concisely document pertinent patient observations and reactions and report them to the appropriate person.
- Provide quality patient care and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support patient satisfaction.
- Complete unit- or department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting on day one.
- Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays.
- Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years.
- Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%).
- Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels, and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
