eit nurse - Springfield, MO , USA, United States - CoxHealth

Description

Summary

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Benefits

• Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus available, plus up to 80 hours of front-loaded Time Off.
• Robust, fully customizable benefits package including Medical/Vision/Dental and more
• No cost eCare visits
• Employer-provided mental health services for employees and eligible family members
• Retirement with employer match up to 5%
• Tuition discounts and reimbursement available for continuing your education
• CoxHealth Fitness Center and Child Care discounts
• Onsite delivery for CoxHealth Pharmacies and 1906 Employee Store

Are you looking to be a part of a brand new and interesting branch of healthcare? Virtual Nursing may be just for you Our Virtual Nursing Command Center is full of advanced technology that gives our patients an extra level of monitoring from admission to discharge.

Our virtual nurses are centrally located in the Virtual Command Center at Cox South. They use this technology to support our bedside RNs with tasks to make lighten their workload as well as monitor patient's vital signs, assist with admissions and discharges, and collaborate with our virtual physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and Early Intervention Team If you are on the search for a new way to expand your nursing knowledge come and give Virtual Nursing a go

Job Summary

• The Early Intervention Team (EIT) Nurse is a registered professional nurse who functions under the direction of the Nurse Manager and is responsible for coordination of EIT assessment of patient, prioritization and implementation of interventions to ensure optimal patient outcomes, documentation of interventions and outcomes, communication with other team members and disciplines, and safe delivery of age appropriate and culturally aware patient care.

As an EIT Nurse you will also be responsible for:

• Addressing the patient/family biological, emotional, developmental, psychosocial and education needs. The EIT Nurse serves as a resource/support to the staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments.
• Rapid Response calls, follow-up visits, EIT data collection, entry and analysis, development of EIT practice guidelines, evaluation of patient codes and informal education of staff.
• Managing rapid prevention and treatment of patients experiencing sepsis, CVA, respiratory distress, acute coronary syndrome and other comorbidities.
• Recognizing, assessing, coordinating, interpreting clinical surveillance data, re-evaluating the nursing care plan of patients and communicating that plan to the assigned team members and bedside clinical team.
• Possessing an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of nursing care for a specific unit patient population to include patients and their families, utilizing conscientious consideration for patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Performing crisis intervention as a first priority and be a lead resource when responding to Rapid Response, Code Blue, Class 1 Stroke, In-House STEMI and In-House Trauma.
• Being regarded as a resource and subject matter expert for staff on patient care issues.
• Providing consultative assessments to help facilitate higher level transfers within the hospital.

Job Requirements

• Education
• Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Preferred:
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

• Experience
• Minimum 2 years recent acute Intensive Care Unit RN experience required, 5 years preferred.

Working knowledge of applicable Policies and Lippincott Procedure.

• Skills
• Ability to read, write and speak the English language
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
• Inter- and intra-departmental coordination of patient care activities
• Delegation skills required; Ability to multi-task essential
• Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations essential
• Strong detail orientation required
• Computer skills required
• Personal time management skills are required
• Collaboration with multiple provider groups
• Complete tasks as described in the Early Intervention Team Roles
• Compliance with the American Nurses' Association Code of Ethics for Professional Nurses is required
• Demonstrates knowledge of and practices within parameters outlined in Missouri Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act.
• Licensure/Certification/Registration
• Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri

Required:
American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) certification at time of hire.

Required:
Annual NIHSS Certification at time of hire

ANCC Specialty Certification preferred

Complete Cox Health Dedicated Rapid Response Team Education at time of hire