Registered Nurse; RN – Progressive Care; PCCU South – St. Elizabeth Boardman

Registered Nurse (RN) – Progressive Care (PCCU 4 South) – St. Elizabeth Boardman

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.

WORK EVERY 3RD WEEKEND (possibly no weekends at times)

New Grads Welcome!!! Full‑time, 36 hr/week, nights – 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

As a faith‑based and patient‑focused organization, Mercy Health exists to enhance the health and well‑being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect. Mercy Health seeks people that are committed to our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service and stewardship to create an environment where associates want to work and help communities thrive.

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.

• Conduct initial and ongoing patient assessment; analyze assessment data, create a plan of care, implement treatment, and evaluate treatment effectiveness.
• Administer medications safely in accordance with State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures.
• Serve as point of contact for patients’ care coordination throughout hospital departments.
• Act as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department.
• Serve as patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.
• Serve as a point of care with care coordination and family members or caregivers.
• Clinically manage patients with multi‑system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma.
• Using the AACN Synergy Model, restore, support, promote, rehabilitate, or palliate to maintain the physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan.
• Synthesize and prioritize information to take immediate and decisive evidence‑based, patient‑focused action using clinical judgment and clinical inquiry.
• Anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Respond 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.

• Current RN license in state of work or covered by compact (required)
• BLS Basic Life Support or ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred at hire; must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care; ACLS required within 6 months of hire)
• CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred)
• PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred)
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred)

• 1 year of RN experience (required)
• 6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

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

• Assign patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff.
• Orient, facilitate learning experience, and provide education (based upon quality improvement indicators, outcomes, and implementation) to nursing staff and others.
• Possess clinical knowledge, skills, and competency to provide evidence‑based patient care in accordance with the current standards of practice, policy and procedure, and BSMH mission.
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient’s clinical condition and psychosocial needs and supportive resources.
• Safely…