Description

We are committed to providing our employees with the support
they need. At Rapides Regional we
offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several
add-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your
family needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:

• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs
• Paid Personal Leave
• 401k (100% annual match – 3%-9% of pay based on
  years of service)
• Identity Theft Protection discounts
• Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Nurse

We are seeking a Registered Nurse for
our center to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high
quality, efficient care.  Did you get
into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to
support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels
patient care is as meaningful as we do. 
We want you to apply now!

Telemetry/Renal nurses are the master
coordinators of the unit, juggling care for their patients while keeping the
entire health care team on the same page. They have high-level critical
thinking skills, vast clinical knowledge, and are able to stay calm under
pressure.

• 36-bed Telemetry/Renal unit that cares for
     patients with PICC line removals, dialysis treatment, and various kidney
     related diseases
• Teamwork is the core of how we operate
• Engagement of Leadership – Everyone on
     the team is motivated and patient focused
• Patient safety and satisfaction are our number
  one priority

• Through
  assessment of the patient’s physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual,
  emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative needs, problems are
  identified and documented in the clinical record and communicated to the
  physician, case manager, and ancillary departments when appropriate
• Appropriate
  standards of care, care plans, and interventions are initiated, professionally
  modified, and communicated to the patient and other members of the healthcare
  team
• Able
  to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on
  physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate
  to the following age groups:  pediatric, children, adolescent, adult,
  geriatric
• Provides
  patient/family health education that promotes healthy behaviors, supports
  recovery, and enables the patient/family to be involved in decisions about
  their own care
• The
  patient’s responses to interventions and progress toward desired outcomes are
  assessed, re-assessed, evaluated, and documented in the clinical record
• Patient
  care activities are coordinated through collaboration and planning with other
  members of the healthcare team
• Physicians’
  orders are carried out accurately and efficiently, and clarified when necessary
• Adverse
  or sudden changes in the patient’s conditions are promptly communicated to the
  physician, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, and/or family with specific and
  pertinent data
• Able
  to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands the proper
  reporting mechanism
• Able
  to recognize adverse drug reactions and demonstrates understanding of proper
  reporting mechanism once reaction is identified
• Appropriately
  assesses the patient’s pain and involves the patient in effective management of
  that pain using appropriate interventions
• Able
  to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for administration of blood
  and blood products and appropriately monitors the patient receiving blood/blood
  products for any transfusion reaction; takes proper measures once a reaction is
  recognized
• Patient
  care equipment is utilized safely and efficiently in accordance with hospital
  policies and procedures
• Standard
  precautions are promoted and followed in the utilization of principles of
  infection control in patient care
• Achieves
  stated goals related to job performance
• Educational
  attendance records reveal attendance at all required educational
  programs/in-services

Qualifications