Travel RN- Step Down

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Grace Federal Solutions' greatest success is the employees of Grace. At Grace, we recognize the significant role each Grace employee plays in helping to grow and transform the company. Grace follows 5 principles: client service, purpose, mutual respect, collaboration, and accountability. To build the best healthcare services company that includes support services, consulting services, project management, information technology, data modernization, and talent acquisition; we need the nation's most interesting and talented people. 

Grace Federal Solutions is seeking an RN- Intermediate Care/ Step Down  who is passionate about their work and dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others. Our ideal candidate would possess excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and commitment to delivering high-quality healthcare.

Overview 

• Specialty: Pulmonary – acute respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, and/or CHF exacerbation
• Start Date: Open
• Duration: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights Shift 7pm-7:30am; weekdays, EOW, Float, Holidays within contract.
• Staff Ratio: 1 to 4 or 1 to 5

Role Description

This is a contract on-site role for an RN- Step Down in Chesapeake, VA. The Clinical Nurse will be responsible for providing competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Job Description 
-Education: Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
-Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
-With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.
-Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.
-Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
-Evaluation of Care -Identifies expected patient outcomes.
-Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
-Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care.
-Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
-Implementation: Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care.
-Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
-Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.
-Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.
-Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
-Leadership: With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
-Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.
-Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
-Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
-Effectively uses communication systems.
-Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
-Gives feedback to co-workers.
-Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.
-Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
-Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
-Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.
-Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.
-Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
-Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
-Planning: Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
-Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
-Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning.
-Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
-Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
-Research: Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.
-Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

Qualifications

• ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing
• BSN from an accredited school of Nursing
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
• Must be EPIC proficient - NO EXCEPTIONS
• 3 years experience preferred (will consider strong candidates without 3 years), travel experience preferred