Provides professional nursing care to assigned patients utilizing the nursing process, within established standards and practices for assigned patients.

Functions:

• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes to ensure optimal patient care as indicated.
• Performs a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and re-assessments as per policy.
• Provides individualized, age-specific care that supports hemeostatic regulation, hemodynamic monitoring and physiologic functioning.
• Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses, and assessment of changes.
• Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Maintains patient confidentiality. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and families. Functions as patient advocate.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the patients served.
• Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
• Interacts professionally with patient and family and involves patient and family in the formation of an individualized and mutually agreed upon plan of care.
• Reviews/revises/updates/resolves plan of care daily.
• Formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates the effectiveness of learning; includes family in teaching, as appropriate.
• Supervises other health care staff involved in patient care. Allocates and monitors the work of others.
• Demonstrates the ability to assist physicians with procedures in the department.
• Responds promptly to changes in workload as necessary to achieve optimal productivity and efficiency.
• Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of performance improvement activities to improve patient outcomes, processes, and the work of the environment.
• Functions as a preceptor to orient new employees.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meeting, staff meetings, and workshops; shows responsibility for own professional practice and on-going education.
• Maintains operation of patient care equipment to include mechanical adjustments.
• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and the proper functioning of equipment.
• Assists in cost containment through the appropriate ordering and conserving of supplies and equipment.
• Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations.
• Meets all departmental specific competencies.
• Performs housekeeping duties when needed.
• Assists with transportation of patients when needed.
• Adheres to dress code.
• Adheres to medical center policies addressing infection control, safety, and personnel guidelines.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Serves as team leader and role model for other staff members.

Responsibilities:

• Assesses/reassesses young adult, adult, and elderly patients and applies the nursing process to:
• Demonstrates basic competency in specialized procedures/equipment
• Pre and Post-Operative Care, i.e., general, bariatric, orthopedic, trauma, neurosurgical, genitourinary, etc.
• Pain Management
• Chest Tube Care/Insertion
• PEG, G-tube, J-tube care
• Traction
• Percutaneous, Sump, Jackson Pratt, or Hemovac drainage care
• Medication Administration
• NIH Stroke Scale
• KODA
• Access Central Lines
• Specialized IV Drips and Titration
• IV Therapy
• IVADD
• Waive Testing
• Transfusion Therapy
• Information Management

Education & License:

• Associate’s degree in nursing required. Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
• RN license required. CPR required
• BLS, ACLS, NIHSS EKG required.
• 2 years experience required,
• 5 years preferred.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour

Expected hours: 48 per week

Medical specialties:

• Cardiology
• Hospital Medicine
• Medical-Surgical
• Neurology
• Pain Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Perioperative Care
• Surgery

Physical setting:

• Hospital
• Level II trauma center
• NICU
• Outpatient

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays
• On call
• Overtime

Weekly schedule:

• 4x12
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• How many years of experience do you have in this specific unit or specialty?
• What computer charting experience do you have and how many years?

Experience:

• Travel Registered Nurse: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• RN License (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Pikeville, KY 41501 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Pikeville, KY 41501: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person