PCU RN- Travel Nurse

Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Description:

Position Overview: We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse to join our healthcare team. As a Registered Nurse, you will provide high-quality, patient-centered care by applying the nursing process and incorporating the principles of relationship-based care. You will be responsible for assessing patient needs, developing individualized care plans, implementing evidence-based interventions, and evaluating patient outcomes. Additionally, you will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, prioritize tasks, promote patient education, and ensure compliance with regulations and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and application of Trinity Health's Mission, Vision, and Values in all aspects of practice and decision-making.

• Conduct holistic patient assessments, considering physical, psychosocial, emotional, cultural, and spiritual factors, and utilize appropriate assessment skills for the designated patient population.

• Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze patient information, respond to patient situations, and implement effective interventions to achieve desired outcomes.

• Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized care plans based on evidence-based interventions and standards of care, actively involving patients and their families.

• Identify patient and family education needs, create and implement teaching plans using established standards, and ensure effective learning through the use of teach-back methodology.

• Collaborate effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary team to achieve patient outcomes, participate in interdisciplinary rounds, and contribute to quality and safety initiatives.

• Demonstrate awareness of potential hospital-acquired conditions and actively work to prevent them.

• Provide exceptional customer service, create a satisfying patient experience, and maintain respectful, accurate, timely, and thorough written and verbal communication with colleagues and other disciplines.

• Manage a team of healthcare professionals during designated shifts, prioritize tasks, delegate responsibilities appropriately, and demonstrate effective team member skills.

• Organize and prioritize workload based on patient and unit needs, adapt activities and plans as necessary, and continuously improve organizational skills to increase work efficiency.

• Utilize available resources effectively, identify personal education and professional growth needs, develop plans, and seek appropriate resources to address them.

• Engage in quality improvement and evidence-based practice activities, integrate resulting changes into practice, and take initiative in problem-solving and recommending resolutions.

• Maintain cooperative relationships, handle conflicts constructively, and ensure the confidentiality of patient and hospital information.

• Prioritize personal safety and the safety of coworkers, report hazards and unsafe practices, and adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and policies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program and a current Nursing License in the state of practice, along with active BLS certification. Specialty area credentials (e.g., ACLS, TNCC) are required and must be maintained.

• Preferably hold a BSN degree.

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent clinical experience in the relevant area of specialization.

• Possess knowledge of nursing theory, practice, and age-specific needs, as demonstrated by successful completion of introductory orientation behaviors for Registered Nurse.

• Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain collegial relationships with colleagues and therapeutic relationships with patients and families.

• Excellent critical thinking skills to fulfill the primary duties and responsibilities of the role.

• Ability to focus, pay attention to detail, and plan and execute professional nursing care effectively.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• Comfortable working in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.

• Exhibit personal qualities of honesty, integrity, and compassion, inspiring and motivating others to uphold Trinity Health's philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Ability to continuously walk and stand for at least 90% of the time.

• Capability to move, lift, and position patients.

• Effective organization and adaptability in setting and rearranging work priorities to accommodate frequent changes in tasks and projects within a potentially stressful environment.

• Compliance with Trinity Health policies and procedures.

• Frequent communication, both in-person and over the phone, with individuals in various locations.

• Exposure to blood, fluids, or tissue during tasks.

• Manual dexterity for operating a keyboard, along with good hearing for extensive telephone and in-person communication.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran