RN Nurse Entry- All Health System Specialties - Spring Graduates

Position Title

RN Nurse Entry- All Health System Specialties

• Spring Graduates

Bell Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest:

This posting includes the following divisions with openings:

You will be asked more specific information about interest in the application.

Acute Care/Progressive Care Division

Cancer Center Clinics

The Graduate Nurse Registered Nurse (RN) utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. He/she provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. He/she integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. The RN collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family and the interdisciplinary team. He/she ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving. The RN integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patient's psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and age specific needs. He/she practices within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.

• All other duties as assigned.

• Answers patient/significant others phone calls, evaluate patient's needs, and triage patient care.

• Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.

• Consistently meets work schedule.

• Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.

• Coordinates health care services with hospital, vendors, physician's offices and other institutions.

• Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member. Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.

• Demonstrates critical thinking utilizing all aspects of the nursing process.

• Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.

• Identifies area for professional growth.

• Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.

• Maintains a safe environment for patients.

• Performs nursing assessments and triage of patient care needs for new and ongoing patients.

• Provides direct nursing care for specified patients, including appropriate supportive care and administration of chemotherapy, blood components, fluid and electrolyte replacements, and other oncology treatments as prescribed.

• Provides patient/family education using resources available.

• Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area:

a. Unit specific certifications

b. Consultation with experts

c. In-services/rounds

d. Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team

• Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Provides professional nursing care through assessment and accurate documentation, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation for the comfort and well-being of patients.

• Carries out a plan of care specific to unit competencies for the target patient population.

• Coordinates care delivery and education through collaboration with patient, family and all health care team providers to ensure safe, effective and quality patient care.

• Follows organizational policies in providing safe patient care.

• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate

• Associate Degree Nursing or ADN prepared nurses hired after February 24, 2017, must complete BSN degree by the fifth anniversary of employment as an RN with UKHA

• Newly licensed RN up to 6 months experience as a Clinical Nurse

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor Degree Nursing

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN)

• Single State

• State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas or compact license

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-25285

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.

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