Registered Nurse Med Surg and Intensive Care Unit

Job Description:

Med Surg/Swing bed is a dynamic 18 bed unit that provides care to general Medical and Surgical needs as well as continued rehab in the Swing Bed Unit. Holy Rosary has 24/7 provider coverage on the unit.

The Intensive Care Unit at Holy Rosary is a 5 bed ICU. Expanded services include Tele-critical care with Intermountain Intensivists to provide 24/7 critical care and oversight. Part of a Level 4 trauma team.

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Posting Specifics

• Benefits Eligible:
  Yes
• Shift Details:
  
  Variable Shifts
• Department:The Med Surg/ICU Hybrid role is designed as an acuity-adaptable position that supports a gradual transition into the ICU. Team members will maintain Med Surg as their home unit while receiving additional training and scheduled shifts in the ICU each schedule period to build critical care experience.

Scope

• Evaluates health status through the ongoing collection and assessment of health data.

• Performs health teaching and health counseling.

• Provides therapy and treatment that is supportive and restorative to life and well-being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to, supervision of, or teaching of others.

• Executes delegated medical functions.

• Refers to patients as needed for further evaluation or treatment.

• Reviews and monitors therapy and treatment plans.

• Documents in accordance with hospital and regulatory guidelines.

• Uses resources as needed.

Required
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• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing is required.

• A Registered Nurse with an AS DN degree must complete a BSN degree within four (4) years from the Registered Nurses date of hire unless the Registered Nurse has a minimum of fifteen (15) years of proven continuous Registered Nurse experience in an acute care setting. Failure to obtain a BSN degree within that time frame may result in suspension or termination of employment.
  
  Any Registered Nurse who takes legally protected leave during the Four (4) year completion period may have the period extended by a comparable amount of time.

• Nurses who possess a minimum of ten (10) years of proven Registered Nurse experience in an acute care or long-term care setting or nurses who are hired before July 1,2020 will be exempt and will not be subject to any requirement to obtain a BSN as a condition of employment at Holy Rosary Healthcare.

• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers.

Preferred
:

• Bachelor's degree of Nursing is preferred

• Certification as appropriate for the unit or service is preferred.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required.

Ability to work nights and/or weekends is required for identified positions.

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

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-Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

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-Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

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-Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies…