Travel Nurse RN - Float - 2,344 per week - Normal - Integrated Healthcare Services

Description

Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel nurse RN Float for a travel nursing job in Normal, Illinois.
Job Description & Requirements


Specialty:
Float

Discipline:
RN

Duration:
13 weeks
36 hours per week

Shift:
12 hours, nights

Employment Type:
Travel

Job Summary:

• The Clinical Resource Unit (Float pool) is committed to our Nursing Professional Practice Model; we believe in caring relationships with our patients, families, community, and colleagues to provide exceptional care.
• In the clinical resource unit, our dedicated nursing staff, nurse leaders, interdisciplinary team members, and physician partners practice on providing specialized medical and nursing care to various inpatient units including Medical-Oncology, Surgical-Orthopedic, Cardiovascular Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, Mental Health Unit, and Acute Rehab.
• Our highly trained staff utilizes the most current technology and equipment.
• Medical diagnoses include but are not limited to coronary artery disease, angina, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, syncope, congestive heart failure, strokes, cancer, cellulitis, post surgical care, and chest pain.
• The environment is fast paced, exciting, and always evolving.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs all responsibilities and duties required by the unit as specific to the scope of service.
• Implements procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
• Maintains up to date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
• Completes initial assessment upon patient admission and develops an appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards and that is based on patient and family needs.
• Implements plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
• Modifies plan of care based upon continuous evaluation.
• Takes responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
• Communicates with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues.
• Offers constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers.
• Confers with colleagues to expand knowledge base.
• Identifies own learning needs and takes initiative to begin appropriate solutions.
• Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies.
• Floats to various inpatient units including Medical-Oncology, Surgical-Ortho, Cardiovascular Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, Mental Health Unit, and Acute Rehab.
• Provides direct nursing care and collaborates with other multidisciplinary team members to provide patient care to various patient populations.
• Conducts and documents assessments, nursing diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care.
• Acts as a resource to staff from various units.
• Coordinates care to multidisciplinary team members to facilitate and provide the highest possible quality patient care.
• Manages care of acute and chronically ill cardiac and pulmonary patients.
• Collaboratively identifies patient goals of care, designs and maintains care plans with patients and families.
• Implements interventions as needed including medication administration and evaluation of effects.
• Prepares patients for procedures, provides pain management, performs IV venipuncture, blood administration, and monitors labs.
• Discharges patients and provides instruction for safe transition from hospital.
• Documents all care using EMR.
• Ensures team huddles are occurring and attends them.
• Delegates with appropriate follow up.
• Answers call lights.
• Ensures basic care such as turning, toileting, etc.

is done per standards of care.

• Handles conflict management and maintains professional communication with all team members.
• Provides post operative care for the complex surgical population.

Job Description, continued in Skills Section

Required Skills & Experience:

• Ability to float to multiple units and provide care to diverse patient populations.
• Ability to manage care for both acute and chronically ill cardiac and pulmonary patients.
• Ability to develop, implement, and modify patient care plans.
• Skill in medication administration and evaluating medication effects.
• Skill in preparing patients for procedures and managing post operative care.
• Skill in IV venipuncture and blood administration.
• Ability to document care accurately using EMR.
• Ability to educate patients and families on care plans and discharge instructions.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback and assist in professional development of peers.
• Ability to handle conflict management and maintain professional communication with team members.
• Skill in critical thinking to assess patient status and take appropriate action.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary team members.
• Ability to prioritize patient safety and adhere to all safety standards including fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, and ambulation safety.
• Ability to complete patient bedside shift reports, hourly rounding, and maintain updated patient communication boards.
• Ability to delegate appropriately and follow up on delegated tasks.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• N/A

Job Description, continued

• Delegates patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned HCT's and validates completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift.
• Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities such as assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensuring physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding on each assigned patient, care plan documentation, and patient education.
• Provides patient medications utilizing the patient 5 Rights: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose, and Right Time.
• Maintains patient safety as the highest priority level by ensuring compliance with safety measures such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions, and patient ambulation safety.
• Maintains a positive attitude at all times on the unit that promotes a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment.
• Keeps a diligent focus on prompt answering of patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests/medical needs.
• Uses critical thinking to evaluate the overall patient condition and uses nursing judgment to identify and act on changes in patient status.
• Effectively communicates within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination, and patient safety.
• Assesses and intervenes appropriately to ensure positive outcomes during the post operative phase.
• Assesses, manages, and educates patients and families.
• Receives patient Bedside Shift Report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring the inclusion of patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment at the time of shift change, and updating of the patient communication board found in each patient room.

Required Education:

• College diploma of nursing.

Preferred Education:

• N/a

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• BLS (AHA).
• IL Nursing License.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

• N/A

QUALIFICATION/LICENSURE

Work Authorization :
US Citizen

Preferred years of experience : 2 years

Travel required :
No travel required

Shift timings :
Night

Integrated Healthcare Services Job ID # Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined


Posted job title:
RN - Float