Registered Nurse Nights - Heart and Vascular ICU

Baton Rouge, La

We are hiring immediately for a full time, RN and offering a $10,000 sign on bonus! What Makes Us Different?

With Our Lady of the Lake, we offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, we are here to create a spirit of healing - and we invite you to join our team today if you would like to be part of that spirit.

In addition to competitive salaries and generous benefits, we offer you something special - the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day. Additionally, you can expect:
Tuition reimbursement, Growth opportunities, Affordable employee benefits, A community culture where you don’t feel lost in a large health system.

Registered Nurse - Full Time Nights, Heart and Vascular ICU, Baton Rouge, La. The Registered Nurse provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way, incorporating differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Relies on education and training to complete responsibilities within scope of licensure as registered nurse.

• Clinical Practice and Care Management – Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning, tailoring and prioritizing caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs.
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end-of-life options).
• Responds to changes in patient’s needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content, integrating education during the delivery of patient care, and collaborating with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care by determining immediate priorities and offering solutions for problems.
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict, seeking counsel for resolution.
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes and evaluates patient outcomes to make revisions in the plan of care.
• Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards and assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
• Consistently communicates and collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
• Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
• Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives and incorporates the outcomes of the team/committee work into practice.
• Participates on unit teams, work groups and/or committees, anticipating needs and voluntarily assists others.
• Demonstrates knowledge of unit-based quality improvement initiatives and participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
• Incorporates evidence-based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members, displaying leadership behaviors.
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
• Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
• Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life‑long learning and providing direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serving as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision‑making, and problem solving.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills
• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification