Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care Medicine Unit- Limited Assignment
LCMC Health
- New Orleans, LA
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Performs the priority technical procedures required by the area/department/assignment safely, effectively, efficiently and legally.
- Actively promotes and supports LCMC Health’s performance improvement initiatives by consistently implementing infection control practices, maintaining the environment of care consistent with Joint Commission requirements and participating in quality improvement activities and review/audit processes.
- Organizes, prioritizes, and coordinates all aspects of care for each assigned patient by coordinating and delegating activities related to patient care management in an appropriate manner and supervising activity of other unit personnel providing care to assigned patients.
- Communicates using appropriate channels information, data, significant events of problems to appropriate persons, including current patient condition, changes in the patient’s condition, laboratory/diagnostic data, intake & output, nutrition needs, assessment findings and changes, changes of shift report, patient/family/physician team member complaints, defective equipment, etc.
- Keeps patients informed and gives periodic updates as appropriate and positively contributes to the organizational goal of patient throughput.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to identify actions to improve patient care and education:
- Seeks supervision, consultation, and assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.
- Delegates safely and appropriately to other team members to accomplish direct patient care or support activities.
- Consistently performs proper hand-off to ensure continuity of care while identifying and communicating problems.
- Advises supervisor of current or anticipated problems and accepts and completes assignments in a timely fashion.
- Uses age-appropriate principles of learning and initiates, consults, and collaborates with available patient education resources.
- Works closely with physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and social workers to meet the educational needs of the patient/family.
- Continuously displays a positive attitude that contributes to patient satisfaction and utilizes the service recovery process to address patients’ concern or complaints.
- Recognizes customer needs and begins to solve problems as soon as they are apparent.
- Contributes to the team by providing assistance to others without being asked.
- Maintains current knowledge in nursing practice.
- Regularly participates in activities to maintain and expand nursing knowledge in area of practice.
- Readily assists others and works in designated alternative areas when needed.
Valid Louisiana license or temporary permit to practice professional nursing.
American Heart Association BLS-HCP.BSN preferred.Experience in an acute care hospital, preferred.Note: A minimum of 1-year professional nursing experience is required for per diem, Flex-PRN positions.The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.WORK SHIFT:Days (United States of America)LCMC Health is a community.Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinaryAbout University Medical CenterUniversity Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.Your extras
- Deliver healthcare with heart.
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- Be honest and real, but with compassion.
- Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
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- See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
- Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
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