Registered Nurse - Float Team

Company: ThedaCare
Location: Appleton
Posted on: May 24, 2020

Job Description:

Why ThedaCare?

A respectful and challenging work environment, supportive colleagues, vibrant communities, and the great feeling that comes with making a difference in other people's lives. These are just a few of the reasons to choose ThedaCare as the home for your career!

We are looking for team members who put our patients and families at the center of their work; who have an unrelenting passion for safety and quality; and who will contribute to a great working environment where everyone can do their best. Job Description Summary :Job Description:JOIN THE CLINICAL RESOURCE TEAM!

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• Experience of travel Nursing while living at home
• Variety in your career and unique experiences every shift you work
• Provide safe and high quality care throughout ThedaCare hospitals
• Influence decisions throughout the ThedaCare system
• Continue your learning and development while gaining skill and competency on multiple units
• Self-scheduling
• Pay differential
  
  New graduates are welcome to apply for our flex pool. Start in a cohort of 4 peers while you gain competency. 1:1 preceptorship is provided for your remaining orientation on the units you will be working.
  
  KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  
  
  
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  • Utilizes the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and specific competencies to assess the physical condition and nursing needs of patients, and develops a plan of care in a collaborative practice with the patient and interprofessional team.
    
  • Plans for the care needs of the patient in collaboration with the interprofessional team to provide the highest quality of care and clinical outcomes.
    
  • Demonstrates clinical expertise in the provision of care in the clinical specialty assigned, and performs all functions of the professional clinical nurse (RN), which are age appropriate, developmentally sensitive, and culturally specific.
    
  • Identifies ways to improve the patient's experience of care, streamline care processes, and lower costs while promoting quality to improve patient, family, and team member satisfaction.
    
  • Contributes to a professional environment that encourages mentoring, engagement, and development to retain expert clinicians.
    
  • Provides consultation and maintains positive relationships with physicians and other interprofessional team members, collaborating to problem solve and improve patient care.
    
  • Demonstrates, anticipates, and proactively manages risk to prevent crises.
    
  • Performs skillfully in life threatening emergencies, matching demands and resources during crises situations.
    
    QUALIFICATIONS:
    
    
    --- Current Wisconsin RN Licensure
    
    --- Bachelor of Science in nursing. Current Associate's degree nurses within ThedaCare who were hired prior to 1/23/2017 do not have to commit to obtain a BSN (this is only for the 2500 RN Clinical Nurse).
    
    --- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
    
    PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
    
    --- Ability to move freely (standing, stooping, walking, bending, pushing, and pulling) and lift up to a maximum of Fifty (50) pounds without assistance
    
    --- Job classification is exposed to blood borne pathogens (blood or bodily fluids) while performing job duties
    
    --- Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to perform patient care procedures
    
    WORK ENVIRONMENT:
    
    --- Frequent exposure to sharp objects and instruments
    
    --- Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock
    
    --- Occasional high noise level in work environment
    
    --- Standing and/or walking for extended periods of time
    
    --- Transporting, transferring, positioning patients and/or equipment from one location to another; little likelihood for injury if proper body mechanics and procedures are followed
    
    --- Possible exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous materials, and pharmacological agents
    
    --- Occasional contact with aggressive and or combative patients
    
    SCHEDULE:
    
    Self-scheduling
    
    Days & nights, 5:30a-6:00p, 5:30p-6:00a
    
    Every third weekend rotationScheduled Weekly Hours:30Scheduled FTE:0.75Location:ThedaCare Regional Medical Center - Appleton - Appleton,WisconsinOvertime Exempt:No

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