What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse – PRN position at Woodlawn Health?
Join the Woodlawn Team as a Registered Nurse in our Universal Care Unit on a PRN basis!
In Woodlawn’s UCU you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse patient population and gain experience across various care settings, including Peds, Ortho, Med/Surg, & Swing Bed!
Our Mission is to provide excellent healthcare services by highly skilled staff in a compassionate and caring manner. We know that our employees are essential to the care we provide!
Our core values are as follows: Courtesy, Respect, Caring, Professionalism, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accountability.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Currently licensed in the state of Indiana as a Registered Nurse (RN).
- Must possess and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain prior to providing direct patient care.
- Must possess and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification or be willing to obtain within 1 year.
- Ability to adapt to variations in scheduling (including but not limited to overtime, work schedule changes or low census).
- Recent experience in caring for the critically ill and basic recovery room education is desirable. A candidate without this experience may be selected and would complete a thorough and individualized orientation. A candidate without these credentials may be selected and will accomplish such training during the orientation period.
PRIMARY DUTIES:
- Assess assigned patients for overall conditions and needs, coordinates and gives care appropriately including treatments, all medications, initiates and maintains IV therapy, blood/blood product administration, etc. Initiates and modifies care plans and goals, initiates discharge planning and teaching. Prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet the goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient.
- Assist physicians as needed, transcribe and implement physician’s orders appropriately and accurately. Report to the physician or appropriate person any pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients and record these accurately in the medical record.
- Coordinate patient care with other team members and assigns duties in accordance with patient’s needs and the personnel’s capabilities and qualifications. Directs, supervises, and evaluates nursing care provided to patient by other nursing team members such as PCT or LPN.
- Performs assessments for overall conditions and needs, interprets data, and delivers all nursing care with an age-appropriate focus.
- Facilitates an efficient and accurate admission and disposition process; assists with initial interview collection (includes items such as patient history, VS, height, weight, allergies, screening information), transfer of patients both within the hospital and to other facilities, and discharges.
- Communicates professionally, consistently, and effectively with all team members to ensure coordination and prioritization of patient care duties and responsibilities.
- Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, dysrhythmia recognition and treats appropriately per ACLS guidelines and hospital policy and procedure. May be assigned/responsible for CCU/PCU level patients and remote telemetry units on the unit if competent. Documents cardiac rhythms strips according to policy.
- Demonstrates ability to monitor hemodynamic status of patients if proven competency and correctly interpret the results. Interprets lab and Diagnostic Imaging results; reports findings to the physician.
- Willingness to learn and work in a self-directed, flexible, agile team approach.