Progressive Care Registered Nurse (RN)
Location: Multiple Cities of Choice in NJ, NY or TX
Duration: 3 Months Contracts with extensions up to 2 years
Hours Per Week: 40.00
Hours Per Day: 10.00
Days Per Week: 4.00
Weekly Blended: $2600 to $3100
Certifications & Licenses: BLS - AHA & RN Compact License for location
Overview:
- Job Category: Acute - Nursing - Local
- Duties: RN to patient ratio – 1:4, ranging from young adult to geriatric
- Monitoring patients with medical equipment such as catheters, feeding tubes, tracheostomies, ventilators and cardiac monitors
- Care for patients transitioning out of the ICU requiring more care and attention than patients on a general medical-surgical unit
- Frequent patient assessments and proper escalation of a patient’s change in medical condition
- Responding to cardiac arrest and rapid response codes
- Skills: Evidence of graduation from an accredited National League of Nursing School. Baccalaureate degree or satisfactory equivalent combination of training, education and experience
- Licensed to practice as a professional nurse in New York State
- Two years of the following experience is required: Medical/Surgical SD or ICU experience, IV Insertion, phlebotomy and conscious sedation
- BLS & ACLS certification
- Demonstrates satisfactory completion of age specific competency
- Education: RN License - required Primary Source Verification - required AHA BLS - required AHA ACLS - required IV Certification - required CCRN - preferred CRRT - preferred ECHMO - preferred Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis - preferred - RN - Interventional Radiology
- Certifications & Licenses: BLS & ACLS certification - Licensed to practice as a professional nurse in New York State - CCRN - IV Certification - RN License
Job Summary:
The Progressive Care (Step down) Registered Nurse (RN) position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by:
- Utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status
- Acting as the service line between Med-Surg and ICU units
- Determining the priority of the patient's problems and needs
- Developing and performing patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes
- Ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment
- Essential Functions:
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team
- Provide advanced treatment and care to patients with complex diagnoses
- Evaluates, updates and revises plan of care to facilitate achievement of planned and expected outcomes
- Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Mercy Health policies and procedures
- Other duties as assigned