Registered Nurse West Valley InstaCare

Job Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process through technology, therapeutic interventions, and coordination of care with other health team members.

• Benefits Eligible:
  No
• Shift Details:
  Part time (6 budgeted hours);
  Working Wednesdays from 2pm – 8:00pm and on call as needed. Clinic hours, 8am‑8pm Mon‑Fri, 8am‑4pm Sat/Sun
• Unit/
  
  Location:
  
  West Valley Clinic
• Preferred Qualifications:
  
  RN experience in ED or Insta Care is preferred.

Staff RNs are pivotal members of the care delivery team headed by the physician and possess specialized knowledge, skills and abilities pertinent to ambulatory care patient needs. Scope of performance includes prioritization and triage of care delivery, implementation of established standing orders and protocols, and execution of procedures and therapies consistent with training and licensure. This position requires specialized knowledge and increased accountability, specific to high acuity and/or specialized patient populations (e.g., Instacares, Obstetrics, Infusion services, Sedation monitoring, etc.).

Assessment - Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate); seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of the interdisciplinary team.

Planning - Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care; actively seeks patient and family involvement; prepares patients for further support; provides teaching, referrals, and follow-up when current episode of care outcomes are met.

Implementation - Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration.

Evaluation - Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of goal achievement, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction; revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.

Professional Development - Promotes the nursing profession and participates in the development of others; fosters an appropriate professional relationship between nursing staff and physicians; integrates legal and ethical standards into practice; complies with regulatory standards and Intermountain policy; practices within scope of licensure; provides accurate and timely documentation and understands legal implications of care delivery; meets initial, annual, and ongoing competency requirements for job functions outside basic RN training (e.g., clinical procedures, pertinent laboratory tests, use of equipment and supplies).

Actively participates in quality improvement initiatives (CQI, TQM, Lean, 100% participation, etc.).

• Current RN License in state of practice.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• Practice‑specific certification as required by the clinical setting in which they work (e.g., ACLS, PALS, etc.).
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Basic computer skills.
• RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within four years of their start date.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution.

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy; includes frequent computer use and typing for documentation, medication preparation, and data entry.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement…