Provide clinical patient care for medical and surgical patients with behavioral needs, focusing on assessment, goal setting, and nursing actions. Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure cohesive patient-centered care and maintain hospital standards.
Requirements summary
Requires a valid Missouri Board of Nursing RN license or a Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN license. A minimum of one year of RN experience is required.
professional certificatePatient AssessmentPatient EducationPain ManagementHolistic CareInterdisciplinary CollaborationNursing InterventionsPatient-Centered CareMedication ManagementClinical Nursing CareBehavioral Health Care
Job description
Shift
PRN as needed, must work at least 2 12s in each 6 week schedule period, rotating holidays and weekends
Department:
Integrated
Medicine
Compensation: ·
Base
Pay
Range: $36.40/hr PRN flat rate ·
Shift
Differentials: o Additional $3 per hour for weekend shifts o Additional $4 per hour for night shifts
ABOUT THE JOB MU Health Care is looking for a compassionate and dedicated individual to join our nursing team.
As a member of our team, you will play a vital role in assessing and meeting the varied needs of our patients.
Your ability to connect on a personal level and understand the unique physical, emotional, and rehabilitative requirements of each patient will be crucial.
We value your expertise in pain management, using innovative assessment tools and promptly addressing patients' self-reported symptoms.
Your proficiency in medication management, coupled with your commitment to educating patients and their families, will empower them to take charge of their health journey.
By evaluating the outcomes of your nursing interventions, you'll contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
Upholding our hospital's standards and policies, your unwavering dedication will ensure exceptional care delivery.
Through effective communication with various stakeholders, including physicians and nursing supervisors, your observations will drive the finest patient-centered care.
Join us to provide exceptional, holistic care as part of our collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, and let's shape the future of healthcare together.
ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built.
At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives.
Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions.
We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.
Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics.
Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.
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What is integrated medicine?
Integrated Medicine is a 24-bed unit that provides a safe environment for medical and surgical patients who also have behavioral needs.
This unit takes an innovative approach to serve patients’ complex medical and behavioral needs in one thoughtfully designed location.
Extensive safety features such as video monitoring technology and anti-elopement measures are integrated to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment for our staff, patients, and visitors.
We aim to remember that we are working in the patient’s home away from home rather than having the mindset that these patients are visiting our workspace.
RN Staff will be working with Care Team Associates (nurse techs), Milieu Specialists, Therapy Professionals, and dedicated physician staff to provide comprehensive patient care with 4/5:1 RN ratios.
Service line supervisors provide 24/7 support to nursing staff.
The secure unit has all private rooms, with an open floor plan allowing for patients to socialize and work on community skills with the assistance of our Milieu Specialist.
A dedicated Behavioral Health Social Worker assists with meeting the patient’s discharge planning needs so that they are able to discharge to the most appropriate and least restrictive environment.
Daily interdisciplinary huddles occur to ensure patient care is cohesive and complete.
DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION Provides clinical patient care within the scope of a Registered Nurse, including assessment of condition, goal setting, and nursing actions to meet the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient.
Preferred Qualifications
Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.
Equal Employment Opportunity The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Assesses, intervenes, and reassesses patient self-report and symptoms of pain promptly, utilizing an appropriate tool for assessment and reassessment.
Demonstrates an understanding of medications about action and side effects.
Report pertinent information to the appropriate individual.
Educates patients and support person(s) about medications.
Demonstrates the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions in accomplishing goals and intended patient care outcomes.
Maintains the standards of nursing care and implements policies and procedures of MU Health Care and assigned nursing unit.
Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person (i.e. resident physician, ancillary support teams) and records those observations accurately and concisely.
Maintains the standards of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing unit.
Participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups.
May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN.
When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
