Job Details

48hrs Guaranteed preferred
12/14 start date

Hospital:

Location: Overland Park Kansas

Address: 5721 W. 119th St OP KS (Leawood area)
Unit Name: Med Tele

Building: A
Cost Center: 620

General Information

Unit Specifics:

• Number of Beds : 25

• Patient Ratios : 4-5:1

• Unit staffing description- (unit secretaries and tech availability) : 25 bed Med Tele unit that takes primarily renal, urology, oncology, pulmonology, cardiology and general med surg patients. We are highly focused on safety and quality and have high expectations for documentation compliance and processes related to central lines/foleys/cdiff and other HAIs. We pride ourselves on our team work and support from our charge nurses. Techs staff the unit as well.

• Type of equipment : EKG, bladder scanner, sit to stand, hoyer lift, hover mat, Alaris pumps, Pyxis

• Documentation system: Meditech- EBCD

• Scheduling requirements: At least every 3rd weekend, 3 shifts per week.

• Floating policy: Can float to like units (Ortho/Neuro/CCU/CDU/SSU/Obs/Rehab)

• Patient Experience requirements: We are focused on our 2X2s 1)Nurse Explain and 2) Nurse Courtesy and Respect. We conduct Nurse Leader Rounds on every patient, every day, including a pre-round where we ask the nurse what the patients preferred name is, a personal connection and how we can validate the 2X2s. We also conduct a post round where we coach on anything that is not within our expectations and recognize anything that our patients said about their care. We are monitoring white boards, tidiness of room, safety and quality measures.

Hospital Specifics-

• Certifications: CP Center, Primary Stroke Center, Colorectal COE, Bariatric COE, Ortho Certified

Hiring profile

Requested Skill Set:

Must have: ACLS, BLS, Basic Dys, a good attitude and a team oriented mind.

Advanced skills needed:

Procedures performed on unit: basic MS procedures

Certifications Required: see above

Dress Code: (Required uniform)

• Royal blue scrub tops, royal blue or black pants

• Grey, white, black or royal blue undershirt

Unit Guidelines/Policies: Please attach unit specific policies and guidelines.

• See attached

Awards/Recognition: Please include anything that you would like prospective candidates to be aware of, such as, links to videos that feature the department, outstanding department/team awards..

• See attached

Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: Consider items such as new equipment or technology, tenure and experience of staff, schedule options, etc.

• Unencumbered Charge nurse, clinical educator, team oriented staff, highly known for robotic surgeries, only hospital in region to have new urology robot