Registered Nurse - Med Surg Telemetry Unit 1-5
St. Joseph's Health

Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Rotating Shift

Description:
Now is the time to join our exceptional & resilient team known for quality care and excellent outcomes. This exciting career offers a strong orientation program and opportunities for continued education and growth. Earn up to $10,000 in recruitment and retention incentives being offered for qualified RN's. Flexible scheduling and shifts. This team is dedicated to patient care and each other. If your passion is nursing, you'll love working with us!
Unit 1-5 is a 36 bed Medical/Surgical/Telemetry unit caring for patients admitted to our hospitalist's service. Our specialties include a variety of acute medical and respiratory conditions. Specialized training includes CORE EKG class to monitor class I telemetry and ventilator care with capacity to care for long term ventilated patients. Experience dynamic learning opportunities with complex medical treatments and continual advancements.

We encourage and participate in the NICHE program for our geriatric population. We incorporate a Team Based care nursing model with a collaborative approach to meet the needs of the patient population.

If teamwork, professional colleagues, and the best patient outcomes is what you are looking for, you will find it with us!

Organization Highlights:

• Recognized Leader: First Magnet Designated Hospital in Syracuse, highlighting our professional nursing staff.
• Only local hospital to receive a Leapfrog A for safety.
• Shared Governance: Unit practice counsel and open-door guiding principle gives all our nurses a voice.
• Professional Relationships: Strong rapport with the hospitalist physician group.
• Advancement: Strong orientation program and generous tuition allowance.
• Work/Life: Patterned, predictive scheduling options to balance your work/life and school calendars.
• We encourage job share opportunities to enhance satisfaction and growth.

What you will do:

• Therapeutic med/surg nursing interventions and hands on skills including class 1 tele, vent care, tube feeds, dressing changes and more. Patient education, goal setting, critical thinking, and care planning.
• Care for and provide treatment modalities.
• Collaborative team approach: SNAP rounding daily with interdisciplinary team of hospitalist physicians, clinical affiliates, medical social work, care managers, nutrition, Rehab services, spiritual care, and pharmacy.
• Participate in precepting and mentoring students and new staff.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures quality nursing care is rendered to all patients in accordance with the New York Nurse Practice Act, National Standards of Practice, and Nursing and Clinical Service standards of care and practice.
• Utilizing the Nursing Process, plans, directs and supervises the care of patients in addition to being involved in the provision of direct care of patients and families.

Education, Training, Experience, Certification and Licensure:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and current licensure in the State of New York.
• Minimum of 1-year nursing experience. *GN's or RN's with < 1-year experience should apply to the Graduate Nurse positions.
• Maintains current BLS/CPR certification.
• Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise.
• National certification is promoted and supported for clinical ladder growth.

Career Advancement Opportunities:

• Clinical ladder advancement with experience, staff engagement, and national certification.
• Career path to leadership roles as team leader, preceptor, mentor, coordinator/management.

Mission Statement:

• We, St Joseph's Health and Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Vision:

• To be world-renowned for passionate patient care and outstanding clinical outcomes.

Core Values:

• In the spirit of good Stewardship, we heal by practicing Justice in fostering right relationships to promote common good, Reverence in honoring the dignity of every person, Excellence in expecting the best of ourselves and others; Integrity in being faithful to who we say we are.

Work Environment and Hazards:

• Clinical setting. Exposure Class I

Physical Demands:

• Medium work: must be able to lift 25 pounds frequently; occasionally lifting maximum of 50 pounds. Will require ability to stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, squat and reach.

Work Contact Group:

• All services, medical staff, patients, visitors, and various regulatory and professional agencies.

Supervised By:

• Team Leader, Clinical Coordinator, Unit Manager, and Clinical Services/Nursing Administration.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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