More than just a job, it's a vocation.
Location: MO-SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Jefferson City
Employment Type: PRN3
Position Overview:
This role involves delivering direct nursing care in environments where patients require intricate assessments and interventions, adhering to the established policies, procedures, and protocols of our organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gather comprehensive information relevant to the patient from the individual, their family, and other healthcare professionals to create a holistic understanding of the patient's needs or condition.
- Evaluate and synthesize assessment data to determine diagnoses or conditions pertinent to care.
- Collaborate with the patient, their family, and the interdisciplinary team to identify optimal outcomes.
- Formulate a care plan that outlines strategies and alternatives to achieve desired outcomes, utilizing clinical judgment in partnership with the patient, family, and care team.
- Execute the care plan, implementing strategies to ensure a safe environment while coordinating with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team.
- Assess processes and progress towards achieving goals and outcomes.
- Enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, reflecting on personal performance and staying updated with current knowledge and skills.
- Communicate effectively across all practice areas, collaborating with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team.
- Employ clinical inquiry and integrate the best available evidence into practice.
- Utilize established evidence-based practices and scientific knowledge in healthcare to inform critical care nursing, ensuring care is tailored to the patient's age-specific and clinical needs as outlined in the department's Scope of Service.
- Maintain a constant state of alertness and operate safely.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Graduate from an accredited nursing school or equivalent educational background for licensing.
Experience:
- No prior experience is necessary.
Physical Demands:
- Regularly use speech for effective oral communication.
- Consistently stand and walk.
- Frequently lift, carry, and push/pull objects weighing between 0-25 lbs.
- Engage in frequent sitting, reaching, and data entry using a keyboard.
- Utilize vision and depth perception for both near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) distances, as well as to identify and differentiate colors.
- Regularly use smell to detect and recognize odors.
- Frequently rely on hearing to receive oral communication and identify body sounds or alarms.
- Occasionally lift, carry, and push/pull objects weighing between 25-50 lbs.
- Occasionally assist in lifting or moving patients.
- Occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, grip, and perform repetitive movements with feet/legs and hands/arms.
- Occasionally drive.
- Rarely crawl or run.
Licensure and Certifications:
Required Professional Licenses:
State of Work Location: Illinois
- Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
State of Work Location: Missouri
- Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
- Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
- Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
- Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Work Schedule: Night Shift (United States of America)
Job Type: Employee
Department: West PCU
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0
Benefits:
Our organization values its outstanding employees and provides a comprehensive benefits package tailored to meet their needs.
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Paid Parental Leave: Eligible team members receive one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
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Flexible Payment Options: Our voluntary benefit through DailyPay allows eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
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Upfront Tuition Coverage: We offer upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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