RN - Critical Care Unit -Per Diem Night
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital(WDH)

Per Diem RN- Critical Care Unit - ICU

This is a great opportunity for an experienced ICU RN to work within a multidisciplinary team providing comprehensive care to a complex and diverse patient population.

Benefits of working on this 11 bed unit include:

• 2:1 /1:1 RN patient ratio
• Pharmacist on the unit
• Designated clinical educator and night shift night education support
• Day/Night Clinical practice leader
• Designated support team members consisting of Health Unit Coordinator, LNA, Paramedics, and Registered Respiratory Therapist
• New provider model, day shift intensivist, and coming soon 7 day a week day and night shift advanced practice providers and night shift intensivist on-call in addition to E-ICU intensivist team!
• Leadership support
• Diverse educational opportunities include hands on training in our simulation lab and onsite critical care course.
• Opportunity for $8/hr. weekend differential with every other weekend a month commitment!
• Unique shift times 5:30am-6pm and 5:30pm-6am

Granted the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence (trademark); 2019 by Healthgrades, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is renowned as one of the largest acute care hospitals in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. At Wentworth-Douglass, we value people who contribute to patient-centered care that enhances community health; we recognize and reward those who share our values and transform our patients' lives. We invite you to explore opportunities, cultivate community wellness and professional growth.

Job Duties:

Clinical Judgement:

• Appropriately assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patient care, specific to population served
• Follows policies/procedures, clinical practice standards pertinent to care, including emergency situations
• Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make decisions
• Demonstrates the ability to provide competent, effective care
• Seeks validation for clinical decisions, integrates input from other clinicians for decision making
• Prioritizes and organizes work appropriately to effectively meet patient needs
• Appropriately delegates to and supervises team members based on assessment of competencies, within scope of practice to ensure appropriate implementation of care
• Collaborates & communicates relevant patient data to appropriate persons clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing (e.g. handoffs)
• Effectively develops teaching plan and regularly integrates teaching into patient care

Systems Thinking:

• Recognizes available resources/tools for meeting patient/family needs
• Completes assignments in an efficient and timely manner, requesting and utilizing resources appropriately
• Documents patient assessment, plan, interventions and response in accordance with applicable policies and procedures
• Communicates with Nurse Manager/ or designee about availability and management of supplies, system equipment and personnel resources at unit/department level
• Demonstrates contribution to unit-based programs and strategies to monitor and continuously improve the quality of patient care
• Optimizes use of staff (overtime, agency, skill mix, etc.) based on unit census and patient acuity

Clinical Inquiry:

• Shows commitment to learning new knowledge and skills to enhance service to patients/ families and achieve organizational goals
• Implements and validates practices based upon current nursing evidence
• Advances the profession by assisting in clinical education and orientation of other staff and students; may function as preceptor for new staff
• Uses available resources to answer questions in regards to best practices, reflects upon practices on an ongoing basis
• Identifies opportunities for improvement in processes of care and other improvements at a unit level
• Actively participates in the collection and use of data and/or evaluation relative to unit-based performance improvements

Unit Specific Responsibilities:

• Participates in selection of and completes all unit-specific competencies
• Articulates Nursing Sensitive Indicators and quality goals for unit and describes role in accomplishing expectations; describes role and participates in quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications
Experience Minimum Required

• Graduate of accredited nursing program with RN licensure.

Education Minimum Required

• AS, RN program completion

Education Preferred/Desired

• BSN or enrollment in BSN program

Licensure and/or Certifications Required

• Registered Nursing License
• ARC or AHA BLS
• ACLS within 6 months after hire

• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
• Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.
• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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