Seasonal Registered Nurse - Snowbird Clinic
Seasonal Registered Nurse (RN) - Snowbird Clinic9/10/18NursingOn-Call / PRNGreater Salt Lake areaSnowbird Clinic -Job ID:220498 -Greater Salt Lake area -About Us What does it mean to be a part of Intermountain Healthcare? It means that the quest for clinical excellence is not just a goal, but a given. It means building an environment where physicians and employees can deliver the best in healthcare. And its realizing each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve theextraordinarytogether. Being a part of Intermountain Healthcare means joining with a world-class team of over 36,000 employees and embarking on a career filled with opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment. Our mission is: Helping people live the healthiest lives possible. Our patients deserve the best in healthcare, and we deliver. Job Description The Snowbird Clinic RN is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The employee utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members. The employee performs these duties in a recreational ski resort clinic setting. Essential Job Duties Assess: -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 interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others. Plan: -Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. -Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. -Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up). Implement: -Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination and collaboration as appropriate. -Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. -Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources. Evaluate: -Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family satisfaction. -Revises plan of care as indicated, and reassesses changes as appropriate. Professionalism: -Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. -Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice: complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery. Prioritizes patient needs: -Uses time efficiently to complete current patient assignment and delegates appropriately. -Coordinates patient/family needs determined by initial and ongoing assessments, patient diagnosis, level of learning readiness, including the patient, family and so on. -Functions independently in emergency situation with a small team, with minimal ancillary help. -Provides care in a remote area where transportation may be delayed and the patients may require critical monitoring for extended periods. -Maintains orthopedic and splinting care skills. Posting Specifics -Benefits Eligible:No - this is a SEASONAL position -Shift Details:PRN, variable shifts at an average of 16-24 hours/week as needed; hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. up to three shifts per week -Department:Snowbird Clinic -Additional Details:Candidate must have 2+ years of licensed RN experience in an Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit and/or Clinic setting. Minimum Requirements -Current RN License in state of practice. -BLS certification for healthcare providers. -Unit specific certification: ACLS, TNCC, ENPC, and PALS. -Two years of Registered Nurse experience in an emergency department. -Basic computer skills. -Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. -** Note: RNs hired or promoted on or after July 1, 2017 who have 12 months or less of working experience as an RN will be required to sign an agreement that they will obtain their BSN degree on or before June 1, 2022. Anyone starting in this role January 2021 or after will be given three years to complete their BSN degree. Physical Requirements -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. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. -Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. -Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc). -May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time. Preferred Requirements -Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution. Please Note All positions subject to close without notice. Intermountain Healthcare prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, disability and/or genetic information. -Working Hours -0 -Primary Work Location -Snowbird Clinic -Expertise -Nursing -Job Type -On-Call / PRN -