Clinical Nurse, T9 Stepdown/Progressive Care Unit, Casual
Position Number: 55009
Location: West Penn Hospital
Department: T 9, Stepdown/Progressive Care
Status: Casual
Shift: Rotating
Welcome to Allegheny Health Network (AHN), a proud member of Highmark Health. Working as an integrated delivery system based in western Pennsylvania, AHN includes seven hospitals, three health + wellness pavilions, and hundreds of primary and specialty care offices, with more than 1,700 physicians, 17,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers.
AHN’s nationally recognized doctors and healthcare professionals are continuously exploring and advancing innovative treatments to provide accessible and quality care. Comparion Medical Analytics ranked many of our programs among the best in the country, according to its 2016 National Quality ratings. Also, other organizations, including Thomson Reuters and Consumer Reports, have recognized our dedication to excellence and world-class medicine.
AHN is a national leader in the healthcare industry, committed to improving health and promoting wellness in our community, one person at a time. We are dedicated to continually learning and exploring new, better, and creative ways to serve our patients, our employees and our community.
Featuring 317 private patient beds, West Penn Hospital has served Bloomfield and its surrounding communities since 1848. With an outstanding reputation for clinical care, excellence in nursing and exemplary patient outcomes, West Penn Hospital offers specialized services that draw patients throughout the tri-state area.
Over the years, West Penn has earned regional and national recognition for excellence in bariatric surgery, bone marrow and cell transplantation, burn care, cardiac care, nursing, women’s and infant's care, and more.
As the first hospital in Pittsburgh - and in western Pennsylvania - to achieve Magnet Recognition (2006) and the first to achieve Magnet redesignation (2012) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), West Penn Hospital is very proud to be among the 6% of the more than 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. that have achieved this prestigious recognition for excellence in nursing services.
Job Summary: Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, protocols, and standards of the healthcare organization. This is a cardiac/medical telemetry/stepdown unit.Job Responsibilities:
- Utilizes the nursing process in providing and coordinating the plan of patient care for the age appropriate population.
- Initiates, monitors and revises interdisciplinary plan of care based on assessment findings and physician orders for the age appropriate population.
- Completes patient documentation in a comprehensive manner in accordance with facility policies and regulatory requirements that promotes interdisciplinary communication.
- Provides ongoing and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them across the continuum of care.
- Supports the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor.
- Performs other duties as assigned or required.
Requirements:
- Current PA RN license required
- One year RN experience required.
- Telemetry experience required.
- BSN/Experience Preferred
- CPR