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Job Description
Shriners Children’s St. Louis has an opportunity for a full-time day shift Registered Nurse in our Inpatient Unit. You will provide direct patient care for children with a variety of different orthopedic conditions ranging from mild to complex. This involves providing Med-Surg and ICU level of nursing care.
Hours: This day shift position will work 7:00 am – 7:00 pm and will rotate every 3rd weekend.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collect and analyze assessment data to determine diagnosis/issues
- Assesses comprehensive data including but not limited to physical, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs and interprets assessment information to derive the diagnosis or issues as defined by the patient’s condition.
- Uses evidence-based assessment techniques and instruments in collecting data and validates the diagnosis or issue with the patient, family and healthcare team members as appropriate.
- Prioritizes the data and information collected based on patient’s immediate condition or anticipated needs and identifies potential risks or barriers to the patient’s health or safety.
- Documents the data and information collected in compliance with established guidelines and reflective of the needs of the patient.
- Identifies expected outcomes and develops a plan that prescribes strategies which address health promotion and restoration, health maintenance, or health related problems or issues and alternatives to attain expected outcomes
- Involves patient, family and healthcare team members in formulating a culturally appropriate individualized plan of care and identifies expected outcomes based on nursing assessment and diagnosis.
- Applies evidence-based nursing practices in developing the individualized plan of care to attain expected outcomes and continuity of care.
- Modifies the individualized plan of care according to the ongoing assessment and reevaluation of the patient’s response, status, and outcome indicators.
- Documents the expected outcomes as measurable goals and the plan in a manner that uses standardized language or recognized terminology.
- Implements the plan of care in partnership with the patient, family and healthcare team members in a timely manner utilizing evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the needs of the patient.
- Prioritizes interventions based on patient’s condition, preferences, situation, or anticipated needs and performs clinical treatments and procedures according to established procedural guidelines and protocols.
- Demonstrates compassionate behaviors of acceptance, caring and empathy for the patient and family.
- Ensures that all components of the individualized plan of care, including modifications, are documented in the patient health record.
- Communicates relevant information through hand offs across levels of care and organizations.
- Utilizes teaching strategies appropriate to the individual patient’s condition and learning needs. Uses health promotion to support patients and families in developing skills that promote, maintain, or restore healthy lifestyles and self-management support.
- Maintains a safe, clean, and organized environment for the patient, families and staff.
- Seeks opportunities for feedback and evaluation of the effectiveness of the strategies used, including teach back.
- Evaluates the patient/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care.
- Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and the plan of care.
- Involves the patient, family and healthcare team members in the evaluation process.
- Documents the reassessment of patient status; patient and family participation and understanding; and the rationale for any revision in the plan of care.
- Maintains a professional and therapeutic nurse-patient relationship and serves as a patient advocate assisting patients and families in developing skills for self-advocacy.
- Listens to patient care concerns and practice issues and communicates information to appropriate healthcare team members and documents in a timely manner.
- Speaks up to question healthcare practices as appropriate for safety and quality improvement.
- Utilizes available resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
- Discloses any observed illegal or incompetent practices and decisions made by potentially impaired health care staff per organizational policy.
Required Qualifications:
- Associate’s Degree in Nursing
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within one year of employment
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within one year of employment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
- Two (2) years of Acute Care Nursing experience
- Pediatric experience in an orthopedic environment highly desired
Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.
