Clinical Nurse (RN) – Internal Medicine/Trauma/MedSurg

Position Summary

Career Interest : The Clinical Nurse 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. Performs other duties as assigned.

Internal Medicine Unit 53

Our unit is extremely focused on teamwork and the best patient care can only happen with teamwork. We love having new people join our team and do this by having a very open and welcoming culture.

We support and develop all members of our team creating a culture of continuous learning. We opened this unit as a team in November 2017 which was an amazing experience.

We have all learned and grown so much in our nursing careers and got to do this together. We are so fortunate to care for such a wide variety of patients.

Every day we are all seeing or learning something new to make us better nurses and caregivers.

This medical surgical 28 bed unit provides advanced and specialized care to patients with a wide variety of medical conditions including renal failure, liver failure, respiratory complications, infections and many other diagnoses.

Comorbidities and psychosocial backgrounds in turn creates individualized and customized care for each of our patients.

This unit is identified as a dedicated unit for the patient population it serves, allowing for close collaboration with the physicians and other ancillary team members.

Responsibilities :

• 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.
• Note : 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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS Required : Associate's Degree in NursingFor ADN prepared nurses hired after February 24, 2017, must complete BSN degree by the fifth anniversary of employment as an RN with UKHARegistered Nurse in State of Kansas or compact licenseBLS Certification or obtained within 14 days of hireRegistered Nurse in State of Kansas or compact license6 months to 2 years' experience as a Clinical Nurse Preferred : BSN

Time Type : Full time

Full time

Job Requisition ID : R-195

R-195