Urgent Care Nurse Part Time Macungie Care Now

St. Lukes is proud of the skills experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Lukes are our most valuable asset! Individually and together our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve regardless of a patients ability to pay for health care.

The Registered Nurse (RN) Urgent Care delivers nursing care for patients across their life span and through the nursing process assesses plans implements and documents the effects of care. Within the urgent care setting care will be provided to occupational health patients (physicals drug screens injury care etc. and patients that arrive with an acute illness/injury. This individual will work cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patientteam personnel to maintain standards for professional nursing practice. These nursing functions of the RN are carried out according to the Pennsylvania Nurse Practice Act Hospital policy the hospital Mission Statement and the Philosophy of the Department of Nursing.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of the Registered Nurse.
• Provide essential medical care to both urgent care patients and occupational health patients
• Demonstrates knowledge of procedure done in this area and is able to assist physician as indicated.
• Implements evaluates and documents patient care interventions and effectiveness in
• accordance with care plan.
• Demonstrates an awareness of unit budget.
• Functions as a professional role model and resource person providing guidance to coworkers and students.
• Takes active role in unitbased Performance Improvement.
• Participates in identifying unit needs and supports unit goals and objectives.
• Maintains responsibility for own professional development through active participation in inservices and/or continuing education programs.
• Develops evaluates and adjusts current and future staffing based upon patient care needs; initiates adjustments as needed.
• Assigns responsibility for patient care with the unitbased team.
• Facilitates staff education activities (i.e. orientation competency skill reviews mandatory inservicing).
• Provides input to annual performance reviews of assigned staff.
• Conducts customer service activities and handling of complaints patients families staff or physician.
• Assists with management functions on unit.
• Manages daily operations within budget parameters.
• Performs in depth systematic assessment of all assigned patients.
• Formulates collaborative plans of care and identifies expected patient outcomes.
• Implements evaluates and documents patient care interventions and effectiveness in
• accordance with care plan.
• Organizes coordinates and prioritizes patient care consistently utilizing available resources.

PHYSICIAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Sit up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time. Stand for up to 8 hours per day; 4 hours at a time. Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time. Consistently life push and carry objects up to 10 lbs. Frequently life carry and push objects up to 75 lbs. Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs. via wheelchair bed and/or stretcher with assistance when appropriate. Consistently pull up to 10 lbs. Frequently pull up to 250 lbs. with assistance when appropriate. Frequently stoop bend crouch kneel and climb. Frequently reach above shoulder level. Occasional crawling. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Frequently finger and handle objects. Occasionally firmly grasp twist turn objects with hands and fingers. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relates to general near far color and peripheral vision depth perception and visual monotony (e.g. computer screen).

EDUCATION:

Registered Nurse with current license to practice in the state of Pennsylvania.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Successful completion of BLS.

Experience in occupational medicine and urgent care is preferred.

Please complete your application using your full legal name andcurrent home address. Be sure toincludeemployment history forthe past seven 7 years including your present employer. Additionally you areencouraged to upload a current resume including all work history education and/or certifications andlicenses if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Lukes!!

St. Lukes University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.