RN - Step Down ICU Weekend Option
Company: SSM Health
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: November 19, 2023
Job Description:
It's more than a career, it's a callingMO-SSM Health St. Mary's
Hospital - St. Louis Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Job
Summary:Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established
policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase
the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family,
and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality
and effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate
with the patient, family, and significant other(s) to facilitate
the development of the care plan unique to the patient's care
needs.
- Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of
care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine
appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes,
determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate
patient outcomes.
- Develops assessment and management strategies based on a
consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social,
economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure
dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health
problems.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential
illness and each patient's physical, functional, cultural, social,
economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure
status.
- Utilizes leadership skills by coordinating and collaborating
with the patient, family, significant other(s), communities, and
members of the inter-professional team in assessing needs, setting
goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating
outcomes.
- Utilizes effective communication to participate with the
patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care
providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the
understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical,
legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within
the boundaries of available economic resources.
- Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about
measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote
comfort.
- Fosters a healthy work environment within the practice setting
and profession by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing
colleagues, students, and others.
- Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and
scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing
practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on
patient's age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the
department's Scope of Service.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- May perform point of care testing according to policies and
procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education
equivalency for licensingEXPERIENCE
- No experience requiredPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant use of speech to share information through oral
communication.
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near
(20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and
distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication,
distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning
machinery, etc.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects
weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting,
gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional driving.
- Rare crawling and running.Licenses / Certifications:Basic Life
Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association
(AHA), Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American
Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Basic Life Support Healthcare
Provider (BLS HCP) within 90 days - American Heart Association
(AHA), Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional
Registration, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
Multi-State - Alabama Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse
Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Arizona State Board of
Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
Multi-State - Arkansas State Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse
(RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Colorado Board of
Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
Multi-State - Delaware Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN)
Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Florida Board of
Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
Multi-State - Georgia Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse
Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Idaho Board of Nursing,
Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State -
Indiana State Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse
Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Iowa Board of Nursing,
Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State -
Kansas State Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse
Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Kentucky Board of Nursing,
Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State -
Louisiana State Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse
Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Maine State Board of Nursing,
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Maryland Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure
Compact (NLC) Multi-State - Mississippi Board of Nursing,
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Missouri State Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse
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Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State -
Nebraska Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Board, Registered Nurse
(RN) Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Multi-State - New Hampshire
Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Licensure Compact
(NLC) Multi-State - New Jersey Board of Nursing + 17 more Work
Shift:Day Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee
Department: Nursing Administration Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 SSM
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discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national
origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
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