RN​/Registered Nurse - Cardiac EP Lab - PRN; Olathe

Position: RN/Registered Nurse - Cardiac EP Lab - PRN (Olathe)

Position Title

RN/Registered Nurse - Cardiac EP Lab - PRN (Olathe) Olathe Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest

The Registered Nurse (RN) utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. He/she provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. He/she 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.

He/she ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong 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 the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

and Essential Job Functions

• Accurately assess patient/family readiness to learn, organize and execute an individualized teaching plan, evaluate patient understanding using teach-back methods; modify approach as necessary.
• Act professionally and communicate appropriately when interacting with patients, family members, nurses, and other medical professionals.
• Adhere to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
• Anticipate and intervene in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
• Consistently meet work schedule.
• Consistently role model individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
• Delegate appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and act as an independent and supportive team member. Take a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Develop, implement and evaluate plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
• Independently perform a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
• Seek out additional learning experiences within the practice area:
  • Unit specific certifications
  • Consultation with experts
  • In-services/rounds
  • Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team
• Utilize technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.
• 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

• Associate Degree Nursing

Preferred

Education and Experience

• 1 or more years of experience in critical care or emergency room nursing

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing upon Hire OR
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing upon Hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 90 Days
• CPR / AED / BLS - Other BLS within 14 days

Additional Information

Time Type:
Part time

Job Requisition : R-47892

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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. 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 the email asktalentacquisition.

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

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