Registered Nurse; RN - Stepdown Telemetry Unit WE - St. Elizabeth Youngstown

Overview

Everyone who works with Mercy Health is united under one purpose: to help our patients be well in mind, body and spirit. This drive, along with our history of faith, is a powerful combination. It gives us a shared calling to work toward every day. Join our exceptional team and help us continue to provide the highest quality of health care possible to our communities.

• Flexible self scheduling to live the life you deserve
• Sign-on bonus for night shift with a 2-year commitment for experienced nurses and new grads
• Referral bonus programs
• Paid time off
• Excellent health benefits (UMR)
• Unlimited tuition reimbursement through Guild Education (18-month commitment)

• 7 West Extension Progressive Care – 26 beds
• Care ratio: 1:4/5 without LPNs, 1:6/7 with LPNs for Team Nursing
• Newer remodeled unit; all private rooms (two semi-private)
• ACLS required after 6 months; ANCC certification encouraged
• Strong weekend-only program; hires for every other weekend and holiday to ensure safety
• Typical patient varies; all are monitored

• Full Time:
  Scheduled for 36 weekly hours
• Shift times: 7pm – 7am and 7am – 7pm
• Scheduled shifts every other weekend

The Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifying and determining the priority of patient problems/needs, and evaluating the process and outcome of nursing care, 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.

• 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 state 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
• Uses the AACN Synergy Model to restore, support, promote, rehabilitate, or palliate to maintain physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability across the lifespan
• Synthesizes and prioritizes information to take immediate, evidence-based, patient-focused action
• Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions
• Responds to the unique needs of patients and families coping with illness or injury, and advocates for their quality-of-life choices
• Practices 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. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

• Current RN license in the state they are working or covered by compact (required)
• BLS or ACLS (preferred at hire; ACLS required within 6 months of hire)
• CCRN (preferred)
• PCCN (preferred)
• NIH Stroke Certification (preferred)

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred

• 1 year of RN experience (required). Will accept new grads and nurses with less than 1 year experience
• 6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

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

• Assigns patient care according to nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice
• Orients, facilitates learning experiences, and provides education to nursing staff and others
• Maintains clinical knowledge and competency to provide evidence-based patient care
• Performs comprehensive assessment of patient’s clinical condition and psychosocial needs
• Develops,…