Clinical Nurse IP PRN

Job Purpose & Position Overview 

The Inpatient Clinical Nurse possesses the ability to objectively assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care as a licensed Registered Nurse. The Registered Nurse also works in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary medical team focused on providing “patient centered” care by identification of psycho-social needs, continuity of care related to disease prevention and chronic disease management and provides patient education to promote Health Literacy. 

Specific Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the WCHS core mission, vision and values
• To function as primary care Nurse, and assume responsibility of charge nurse duties in order to provide optimal quality of patient care
• Completes comprehensive initial admission assessment
• Creates Nursing Care plan based on identified or remarkable initial objective assessment
• Provides interventions as ordered by the Medical Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant
• Evaluates patient response to intervention and promptly notifies Medical Provider of patient condition whenever necessary
• Obtains specimen collection
• Generates consults to appropriate discipline based on initial admission assessment findings
• Assists with Discharge planning
• Provides patient disease preventable vaccines before discharge
• Provides Discharge Instructions related to disease process and home management, and follow-up appointments with their Primary Care Provider to ensure continuity of care
• Demonstrates ability to float to area of need to meet patient demand (Outpatient, Emergency Room) and/or assists with Emergency Response Preparedness operations
• Makes decisions in matters of significance
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications/Skills: 

• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Nebraska or multi state licensure in a nurse licensure compact state.
• Associate’s degree in nursing required. Bachelor's of Science in Nursing preferred. STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS AVAILABLE.
• Certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 

Physical Requirements:  

• Normal to heavy work which includes the ability to lift up to 20-50 lbs. Lifting and/or transferring of patients may involve heavy lifting.
• Regularly required to walk, stand, and sit for extended periods of time and use hands to operate computer keyboard, phone, and various office or medical equipment.
• Manual dexterity with cooperatively free range of motion of all extremities including neck, fingers, hands, wrists, elbows, arms, shoulders, waist, legs, hips, knee joints, ankles, and feet is required.
• Fine motor skills required. 

Mental Requirements:  

• Reading, writing, calculating 
• Above average social interaction skills 
• Reasoning/Analysis 
• Works with minimal to no supervision  

Language Requirements:  

• Must possess the ability to read, write, and speak the English language fluently. 
• Must be able to continually and effectively employ professional verbal and written communications skills.  

Certificates, Licenses & registrations:  

• All applicants will comply with 45 CFR 1301, Subpart D, Section 1301.31, C and D, which require all prospective employees to sign a declaration prior to employment regarding all arrests and convictions of child abuse or violent felonies and to comply with PL 101-630 and PL 101-637 regarding criminal records check. 

Please note the position description duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.