RN, 13-week Contract, 7P-7a, Advance Care Unit

Unity Health • Searcy, AR

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN delivers patient care through assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation of care, and evaluation. The nurse collaborates with other professional disciplines to support effective, efficient care and desired patient outcomes, and may serve as a resource nurse when oriented and directed. The role supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values; incorporates patients’ age, cultural diversity, spiritual needs, and emotional needs into care; and contributes to quality nursing care through performance-improvement techniques that demonstrate positive patient outcomes.

This is a 13-week contract position in the Advance Care Unit, working 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., three nights per week, with up to two weekends per month. Orientation is individualized and lasts no less than two weeks and generally no more than three months. The position is classified as safety sensitive. Impaired performance could harm the health or safety of the employee or others; associates actively using medical marijuana are excluded from safety-sensitive employment, even with a valid medical marijuana card.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Current licensure in the State of Arkansas.
• Proficient oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to practice nursing by diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential health alterations.
• Ability to use the nursing process in providing nursing care.
• Maintain good physical and emotional well-being.
• Ability to assist with lifting and moving patients and to push carts, wheelchairs, and other equipment; lift or push up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to bend, maneuver through hospital halls, stairways, and patient rooms during emergencies, and travel to various departments.
• Visual and auditory skills to interpret environmental input.
• Ability to perform significant writing and computer entry.
• Ability to work with exposure to malodorous and infectious body fluids, infectious waste, and some noxious smells from cleansing agents; protective equipment may be required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care through assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation, and evaluation.
• Administer prescribed treatments, medications, and diagnostic tests.
• Formulate a plan of care using the problem list.
• Collaborate with other health care providers and professional disciplines to support effective care and desired patient outcomes.
• Provide education to patients and/or significant others.
• Serve as a resource nurse when oriented and directed.
• Incorporate patients’ age, cultural diversity, spiritual needs, and emotional needs into patient care.
• Contribute to quality nursing care through performance-improvement techniques that demonstrate positive patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level