Registered Nurse; RN - Progressive Care Step Down - St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care Step Down - St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Registered Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care Step Down - St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

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At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.

Compensation & Perks

• Flexible Self Scheduling
• $1,000 Sign on Bonus for Day Shift with a 2 Year Commitment
• Referral Bonus programs
• Paid Time Off
• Separate Bonus available for new graduates
• Excellent Health Benefits (UMR)
• Unlimited Tuition Reimbursement through Guild Education (only an 18 month commitment)

Unit Information

7 West Extension Progressive Care
26 beds
1:4/5 ratio on Days
Typical patient varies; all are monitored
Self scheduling
Newly Renovated

Shift/Schedule

• Full Time:
  Scheduled for 36 Weekly Hours
• Shift Time: 7am - 7pm
• This position will have scheduled shifts every other weekend

Summary Of Primary Function/General Purpose Of Position

The Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifying and determining the priority of patient’s problems/needs, and evaluating the process and outcome of nursing care, all in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team. The RN coordinates, provides, and directs patient teaching activities and coordinates the care provided by health team members.

Essential Job Functions

• Conducts initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness
• Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures.
• Serves as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments.
• Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department.
• Serves as patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.
• Serves as a point of care with care coordination and family members or caregivers.
• Clinically manages patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma.
• Using the AACN Synergy Model, restores, supports, promotes, rehabilitates, or palliates to maintain the physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes information in order to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry.
• Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Responds to the unique needs of the patients and families coping with unanticipated illness or injury and treatment and advocate for their choices in quality of life.
• BSMH nurses are expected to practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the BSMH Nursing Professional Practice Model.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

Licensing/Certification

• Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)
• BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care)
• ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred)
• CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred)
• PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred)
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)

Education

Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)

Work Experience

6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

New graduates welcome to apply

Training

• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)
• Critical Care Course (preferred)

Skills

• Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff.
• Orients, facilitates learning experience, and provides education (based upon quality improvement indicators, outcomes, and implementation) to nursing staff and others.
• Poss…