Nurse Extern
Company: SSM Health
Location: Saint Charles
Posted on: May 9, 2024
Job Description:
It's more than a career, it's a callingMO-SSM Health St. Joseph
Hospital - St. CharlesWorker Type:RegularJob Highlights:
-Department: Medical Surgical, Telemetry, Step Down ICU, ICU,
Emergency Department, & Operating Room
-Schedule Options: PRN
-Schedule Time Options: Variable
-Salary: 18.00Job Summary:Under supervision and in collaboration
with other health care professionals, assists in performing a
variety of nursing care services for patients. This is a
transitional role for nursing students enrolled in an accredited
school of nursing who have an interest in pursuing an RN position
with SSM upon completion of their RN program.Job Responsibilities
and Requirements:PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Completes patient care tasks based on skills deemed competent
in nursing school under direction of RN.
- Contributes to overall quality and safe care for patients by
answering - patients' calls for help, taking their vital signs, and
monitoring - their behavior and physical condition for progress or
deterioration - as measured by patient satisfaction, quality
audits, direct observation.
- Creates a positive patient experience by assisting patients
with their activities of daily living including assisting with
baths, ambulating, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene
and making occupied and unoccupied beds as measured by patient
satisfaction quality audits and direct observation.
- Contributes to quality care and safety by assisting and
performing procedures such as - performing dressing changes,
enemas, ostomy care, toileting, turning, cough and deep breathing,
catheter care, collection of biological specimens, measuring and
recording intake and output of fluids.
- Contributes to exceptional patient satisfaction by establishing
a compassionate environment, timely responses to patients' needs,
open communication and providing emotional and psychological
support.
- Contributes to safety and quality care by relaying information
via charting and communicating to team members.
- Contributes to achievement of exceptional health care by
functioning as a member of the team as measured by active
participation in department initiatives, unit meetings, committees
and special projects.
- Informs licensed nurse of any changes in patient
condition/needs, of patient complaints, and of patient/significant
other educational needs.
- Prepares patients for discharge and accompanies them upon
dismissal as indicated.
- Stocks and maintains supplies and equipment in keeping with
patient care needs and cost containment. - Utilizes time and
supplies economically and conscientiously.
- Orients new patients and significant others to the nursing
unit.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
- Current enrollment in an accredited school of nursing and
completion of first clinical rotationEXPERIENCE
- No experience requiredPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through
oral communication.
- Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear
alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
0-25 lbs.
- Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less)
and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish
colors.
- Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting,
squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial
relationships.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects
weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving patients.
- Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Occasional driving.REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR
CERTIFICATIONS -
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State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin -
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American
Heart Association (AHA)Licenses / Certifications:Basic Life Support
HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA),
FUTURE - Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) within 90
days - American Heart Association (AHA)Work Shift:Variable Shift
(United States of America)Job Type:EmployeeDepartment:Nursing
AdministrationScheduled Weekly Hours:0SSM Health is an equal
opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to
learn more.
Keywords: SSM Health, Saint Peters , Nurse Extern, Healthcare , Saint Charles, Missouri
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