Registered Nurse Pulmonary Stepdown Unit Nights - VUH

Registered Nurse On The Pulmonary Stepdown

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Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated.

It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

The Registered Nurse on the Pulmonary Stepdown applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning, effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team, collaborates in establishing patient goals and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes and furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.

Shift: Nights; 7pm-7am; 36 hours per week; 3 12-hour shifts per week to include some weekends; we offer self-scheduling.

Shift differentials:

• M-F - 7pm-10:30pm - $3 additional to hourly base
• M-F - 10:30pm-7am - $3.50 additional to hourly base
• SA/SU - $6 - additional to hourly base

Unit

Summary:

We are located on the 8th floor of Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH). The environment on our unit is exciting, dynamic, and team oriented. We care for adult patients aged 18 to 100+ who are being treated for post-lung transplant procedures after transfer from the CVICU, post-lung transplant patients being admitted for complications, pulmonary-hypertension, post-endoscopic lung volume reduction procedures, interstitial lung disease exacerbations, patients listed for lung transplant requiring hospital admission, and ECMO graduates.

Our patient population is unique because of the complicated range of conditions that require a multifaceted approach to our patient care.

One of the perks of working on this unit is the opportunity to work with an amazing team and develop a strong, well-rounded knowledge base and skill set. 8 North is committed to helping nurses learn and succeed. Our nurses are successful because they have strong clinical knowledge, effective communication and assessment skills, and a passion for improving the lives of others.

We orient new nurses to our unit by providing seven weeks of unit-based orientation with dedicated and talented preceptors. If your career goal is to become a well-rounded, confident nurse, 8 North Adult Pulmonary Stepdown can help with this by offering a challenging, exciting, and supportive environment that fosters professional growth, resilience, and nursing excellence.

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in patient care, education, and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being. As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.

Our current employee benefits offered:

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and /or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• And many more... Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!

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Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact:
Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work:
Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment. Breadth of Knowledge:
Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area. Team Interaction:
Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

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