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Intermountain HealthPosted 1 week ago
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Registered Nurse ACE (Acute Care for the Elderly) Medical Unit

$77,896–$119,163 year

On-siteSalt Lake City, Utah, United States

Full TimeLicense Or CertificationEnterprise

Job Summary

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care of older adults with medical and surgical diagnoses on the night shift. Direct the interdisciplinary care team through delegation and collaboration, while managing time, supplies, and resources to coordinate patient care delivery. Conduct individualized, holistic care plans addressing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs, and evaluate patient responses to interventions to revise care plans as appropriate. Provide accurate and timely documentation, maintain legal and ethical standards, and ensure patient safety and independence. This specialized unit preserves function and promotes independence for patients age 65 and older in a close-knit, supportive environment.

Required Qualifications

  • Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice
  • Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment
  • Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
  • Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN)
  • Education must be obtained from an accredited institution
  • Degree will be verified
  • Night Shift
  • Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate)
  • Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care
  • Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate
  • Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction
  • Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others
  • Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice
  • Complies with regulatory standards
  • Practices within scope of licensure
  • Provides accurate & timely documentation
  • Understands legal implications of care delivery
  • Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies
  • Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations
  • Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy
  • This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc
  • Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients
  • Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment
  • Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items
  • Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment
  • This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items
  • Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc)
  • May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time
  • Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles

Desired Qualifications

  • RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date
  • RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date
  • If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment
  • I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain
  • Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment

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