Registered Nurse- Internal Agency/Temp to Team (T3)

Days - Full Time, Nights - Full Time

Liberty Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way and integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. The RN collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family and the interdisciplinary team and ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving. The RN integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patient's psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and age specific needs. He/she practices within specialty standards and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Consistently meets work schedule.
• Demonstrates critical thinking utilizing all aspects of the nursing process in all aspects of patient care (Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Intervention, Evaluation).
• Maintains a safe environment for patients, caregivers and staff. Specific emphasis on education of O2 safety and smoking precautions to our families.
• Teaches patient and family caregivers appropriate medication for palliation, according to plan of care. Administers medications which provide optimum comfort and monitor effectiveness of medications. Notifying physician of needs to change meds for unmet goals or drug interactions. • Completes clinical procedures effectively (per OMC policy), utilizing products and equipment appropriately. • Effectively assesses and manages pain and other end of life symptoms. • Provides appropriate patient/family teaching regarding end-of-life care, using resources available. • Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member.
• Coordinates patient care though effective and professional communications with physicians, nursing and ancillary staff in timely manner. Provides updates to on-call nurse and makes arrangements with other staff to cover a visit if needed. Participates in weekly IDT meetings.  Documents accurately and timely according to agency policy.
• Establishes therapeutic and caring interpersonal relationships with patients/families. Recognizes need to ask for help in establishing boundaries.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and involvement in ongoing performance improvement activities.
• Professional role model; acts as preceptor/mentor for new employees and students. Participates in community education and memorial services.  Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Identifies areas for professional growth, i.e. sets goals and implements plan, participates in professional association.  Seeks out additional learning for professional growth.
• Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
• Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
• Acts professionally and communicates appropriately when interacting with patients, family members, nurses, and other medical professionals.
• Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
• Accurately assesses patient's/family's readiness to learn, organizes and executes an individualized teaching plan, evaluates patient's understanding using teach back methods; modifies approach as necessary.
• Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
• Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member.  Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.
• Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area: • Unit specific certifications • Consultation with experts • Inservices/rounds • Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team
• Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Associate Degree Nursing

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing Kansas or Missouri (or compact license)
• CPR/ AED/ BLS - Other BLS within 14 days
• Some units will require additional unit-specific affirmations/certifications/work experience

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-58541

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status.  See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [email protected].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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