RN III ICU (Multispecialty & Research Hospital) - ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Company: UT Health San Antonio
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
RN III ICU (Multispecialty & Research Hospital)
Job Summary:
Day Shift, 7 am-7:30 pm, ICU , Part-Time
The Registered Nurse (RN) III position is a licensed staff nurse,
who as an advanced clinician, and functions at the Proficient
level. The RN III position provides professional direct patient
nursing care to a diverse patient population and is considered an
expert in a specialty. Besides conducting nursing assessments,
assisting with exams and treatment and maintenance of medical
records, this position assists in coaching and mentoring department
staff in areas of clinical and professional practice. Role modeling
compassionate communication with physicians and the
interprofessional health care team, the RN III position assumes
leadership responsibilities with high level contributions at the
bedside, unit, service line, and across the institution.
Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited
to leading unit and shared governance activities, serving as charge
nurse as needed, assessing unit needs related to practice and
improvement opportunities, serving as a clinical resource for both
unit and hospital staff and coordinating unit and hospital-wide
education in partnership with management.
Job Duties:
* Identifies staff development opportunities for professional
growth of colleagues, provides coaching to meet identified goals.
Acts as a model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal
and written communication, which includes active listening and
teaching. Provides oversight for student/new employee
preceptorships.
* Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work
environment such as mitigation of conflict. Advocates for a
balanced workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer
accountability.
* Improves nurse satisfaction by serving as a role model and
mentor, facilitating teamwork with RNs, non-licensed and
interprofessional staff, as evidenced by the annual RN-RN teamwork
score and interprofessional relationship score. Provides
recommendations to improve department scores for
turnover/retention.
* Leads the patient and family-centered care standards. Mentors
others regarding specialty populations. Practices in a manner that
is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
* Develops, updates, and communicates plan of care, including
discharge, in partnership with the patient, family and
interprofessional health care team, using the nursing process.
Prioritizes care based on the patient's needs, abilities, and
preferences. Advocates on patient/family's behalf to identify and
resolve clinical and ethical concerns. Develops appropriate
resources and supports unit practices and guidelines.
* Develops and implements effective patient teaching strategies
based on learning needs; uses appropriate resources, incorporating
planning for care after discharge. Consistently evaluates the
patient's comprehension and adapts teaching methods accordingly
* Drives department activities to improve department score for
patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer accountability.
* Models the standards of care related to the nursing process.
Provides care as the staff nurse leader to complex patients and
leads the interprofessional health care team in implementing plan
of care. Anticipates/prevents and recognize/resolves early declines
in patient condition and emergent situations. Manages assignment of
complex patients and other unit demands. Proactively recognizes,
determines a plan of action, and responds to situations, such as
Rapid Response/CERTs, and emergency codes.
* Models the standards related to regulatory requirements and
professional practice. Role models highly developed assessment,
clinical documentation, leadership, and analytical skills;
integrates and contributes to professional practice standards,
policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient
safety-related processes at unit or service line level. Contributes
to development of service line and hospital standards and
guidelines.
* Leads and identifies opportunities for practice changes and
performance improvement. Investigates and incorporates
evidence-based practices which are presented to shared governance
and leadership. Leads initiatives to improve quality and safety
scores, through peer-to-peer accountability, reporting near misses
and identifying solutions by collaborating with the
interprofessional team. Role models situational awareness, using
teachable moments to improve safety. Audits plan of care and audits
other areas as needed.
* Models independent time management effectively and prioritization
of daily tasks, minimizing incidental overtime. Collaborates with
interprofessional health care team to facilitate patient throughput
efficiently to meet organizational goals.
* Implements department strategies to achieve financial target and
mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of care,
decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency, minimizing
incidental overtime, and other areas according to department
specifications.
* Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow in
knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Serves as the clinical
resource. Develops and disseminates, as appropriate,
informational/educational resources and programs designed to
improve quality and professional practice. Supports change
initiatives and adapts to unexpected changes.
* Fosters identification and implementation of innovative solutions
to improve patient care or unit operations such as reduction of
hospital readmissions or other department-specific measures by
leading and/or participating in unit projects and shared governance
activities.
* Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited School of Nursing
required
* Two (2) years nursing experience in a healthcare environment
required
* Current Texas Board of Nursing (or Compact State) RN license
required or temporary TX License (Permanent license to be obtained
within 90 days of hire)
* American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) required
* NIHSS required (within 6 months of hire date)
* Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required (within 6 months
of hire date)
* Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required (within 6
months of hire date)
Additional Information
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