What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Short Term Agreement position at Norman Regional Health System?
Overview
Norman Regional Hospital Intermediate Care (IMC) cares for a wide variety of critical patients with complex medical conditions. NRHS IMC team is the step down unit and dedicated stroke unit providing award winning advanced stroke care. An IMC RN is highly skilled to rapidly assess a patient’s condition and intervene with immediate attention as needed. The IMC RN should show respect, empathy, and exhibit strong communication skills with patients, families, and other health care professionals. The RN should understand and employ patient safety and harm prevention tools.
Responsibilities
Job Summary
RN essential functions include, but are not limited to:
Collaboration with other health professionals, assessment, analyzing assessment data,
Establishing goals, planning care strategy, establishing priorities of care, implementing care,
Delegating tasks safely, providing safe direct and indirect nursing care, evaluating responses to interventions, and
Performing additional nursing functions in accordance with knowledge and skills acquired beyond basic nursing preparation.
In collaboration with the physician you will provide total patient nursing care by assisting, leading, and/or directing care with a multi-disciplinary team of care providers.
Cares for all ages of patients; infant to geriatric.
Qualifications
Education
Diploma or Associate’s degree (ADN) required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.
Experience
Previous experience in healthcare field preferred.
Licensure/Certification
Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse license. Basic Life Support (BLS) training or retraining is required during orientation prior to providing patient care. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained thru re-training for duration of employment
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
New grads are required to complete Norman Regional's Nurse Residency Program.
Qualifications
Education
- Diploma or Associate’s degree (ADN) required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.
Experience
- Previous experience in healthcare field preferred.
- 2 years acute care preferred.
(Above requirements can be met by the equivalent combination of education and experience).
Licensure/Certification
- Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse license or active Multistate RN license.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) training or retraining is required during orientation prior to providing patient care.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained thru re-training for duration of employment.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training is required within 6 months of hire.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required to be maintained through re-training for duration of employment.
- Advanced Stroke Life Support (ASLS) training is required within 8 months of hire and required to be maintained through re-training for duration of employment.
