RN, ED​/ICU​/Mixed Acuity​/South Hospital, Night Shift

Position: RN, ED/ICU/Mixed Acuity/OR, South Hospital, Day and Night Shift Opportunities
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Location:

South Hospital - UMCAddress:1903 W. Hebron Lane Shepherdsville, KY 40165

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Job Description

Summary:

UofL Health - South Hospital hires for RNs in our Cath Lab, ED, ICU, Mixed Acuity, OR, and Pre-Op/PACU departments.

South Hospital, part of UofL Health, is UofL Health’s newest community hospital and the first inpatient hospital in fast-growing Bullitt County. The 170,000 square feet 40-bed hospital provides area residents a full range of services including 24/7 emergency care, a 10-bed intensive care unit, 30 mixed acuity patient rooms, a cardiac catheterization lab, vascular lab, general and specialized surgical and endoscopy procedures, diagnostic and medical imaging including cardiopulmonary testing, orthopedics, gastroenterology, sleep medicine, vascular surgery and state-of-the-art pharmacy, laboratory and sterile processing services.

On-campus services also include a variety of primary care and specialty physicians/providers, Frazier Rehab Center for physical, occupational and speech therapy and Café South for dining.

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) is a competent registered nurse that will deliver nursing care to patients of varying age groups by utilizing the nursing process and nursing practice standards. The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) uses:

Nursing Practice Competencies to intervene to achieve safe, optimal patient and family centered care health outcomes;

Leadership Competencies to coordinate patient care and communicate with the care team;

Professional Profile Competencies to develop professionally as a life-long learner, and Practice Outcomes Competencies to evaluate care based on evidence, the UofL Health quality model, and patient safety goals.

The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) demonstrates competency caring for complex patients and participates on the care team to improve the quality of care in the clinical area .

Essential Functions:

Under the supervision of a clinical nurse manager, this position will provide nursing care to patients, and:

Conducts systematic, continuous and comprehensive assessments of patient health status from admission or encounter to discharge across the care continuum to ensure patient safety, collaborating with the healthcare team, patient and family; care addresses all aspects of the individual and family, including age, gender, spiritual, cultural, physical, psychosocial and patient preferences and proactively uses safety surveillance to prevent adverse outcomes

Independently administers medications per licensure authority, assesses and reassesses the effects of these medications, and documents administration in a timely manner per policies, procedures and regulatory requirements; consistently adheres to patient safety guidelines regarding all aspects of medication administration

In collaboration with patient and family, plans care using current scientific knowledge, theory, and care standards within the nursing interventions and outcomes framework and national patient safety goals; constructs individualized, age-specific plans for optimal patient and family outcomes, as appropriate to the practice setting; incorporates data from the multi-disciplinary care team into the plan of care to assure continuity and appropriate patient teaching

In collaboration with patient and family, identifies and prioritizes patient problems based on subjective and objective assessment data, patient safety considerations, patient and family goals and preferences, and nursing interventions and the medical plan of care Implements nursing care interventions to meet patient and family center health care needs. Demonstrates competent skills, appropriate clinical judgments and chain of command to promote patient safety and reach planned care goals and outcomes

Competently and consistently assesses, conducts and evaluates the outcomes of patient and family teaching, from admission, or episode of care, to discharge, teaching reflects sensitivity to age, learning needs and cultural background

Evaluates care by performing regular and systematic reviews of patient /family responses to interventions; revises the multi-disciplinary plan of…