Travel Nurse RN - Long Term Acute Care

Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc. is seeking a travel nurse RN Long Term Acute Care for a travel nursing job in Danville, Kentucky.

• Specialty:
  Long Term Acute Care
• Discipline:
  RN
• Duration:
  21 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

The Long-Term Acute Care Registered Nurse provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care to medically complex patients in long-term acute settings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care
• Responsible for providing care to medically complex patients
• Supervises care, treatment, and services of the patient(s)
• Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnosis, expected patient outcomes and selected nursing interventions
• Maintains confidentiality at all times with patients, medical staff and co-workers
• Provides a safe, comfortable and therapeutic patient environment
• Adheres to and supports the policies/procedures/goals/objectives of the hospital in an attempt to provide quality patient care
• Revises plan of care according to evaluation, changes in plan of care and nursing interventions
• Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and facility policies and patient care outcome standards
• Identifies and prioritizes actions based upon patient care requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• Current RN license for the state in which the nurse practices in
• One (1) year nursing experience in a long-term acute care facility preferred
• Experience in acute rehabilitation for vents, wound care, cardiac, and stable post trauma patients
• Complies with all relevant professional standards of practice
• Participation and completion of Amergis' Competency program when applicable
• Current CPR if applicable
• TB questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable
• Current Health certificate (per contract or state regulation)
• Must meet all federal, state and local requirements
• Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site
• Understand patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements
• Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language is required
• Computer proficiency required
• Must be at least 18 years of age

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Position Title: Registered Nurse - 4492 (Night)

Position Description: Embraces the Select Medical Way and Core Values of the Company:
• We deliver superior quality in all that we do.
• We treat others as they would like to be treated.
• We are results oriented and achieve our objectives.
• We are team players.
• We are resourceful in overcoming obstacles. one of our 4 Key organizational results is to Keep our Patients and Each Other Safe: elect Medical is an organization where patient safety and employee safety are a priority. This focus on safety is applicable to all business lines and levels of care. To those of us who work for Select Medical these are more than words.

Putting safety first allows us to provide superior care for our patients and provides a work environment where each employee is expected to take care of themselves and each other by making safe choices using equipment provided identifying work place hazards adhering to safety policies and procedures and reporting risks or hazards as soon as possible. Promotes Patient and Employee Safety – Focused on 10 Foot Circle of Safety and displays safety awareness in all of the below key areas:
• Safe Patient Handling
• Materials Handling
• Infectious Diseases
• Slips/Trips and Falls
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