Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427) Shift Detail: ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE SIGN-ON BONUS OFFERED! (Restrictions Apply) Work where every moment matters. Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent’s is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network, and is the system’s second-largest hospital. Job Summary Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Promote safe care for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures through evidence based practices as the RN Circulator. Provides support to the surgical team for maintaining a high level of sterility. Responsibilities Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to assess patients and to identify physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and age related needs in order to provide individualized care to the patient. Reviews charts for completeness, in accordance with documentation protocols prior to and after the surgical procedure Adhere to all relevant health and safety standards Communicate with patients, teammates, and physicians to ensure continuity of care Assess patients prior to surgery (e.g. NPO status) and alleviate their concerns Prepare the operating room for surgery (supplies, implants, instruments, equipment) Check equipment & troubleshoot as needed Assume responsibility of keeping the operating room sterilized Position and prepare patient on operating table Monitor patient’s vital signs to detect anomalies Adhere to safety standards and precautions Pass medical instruments or other objects to the surgeon during operation when scrubbed Qualifications Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Connecticut Department of Public Health obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Associate degree required, BSN preferred Certified BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 2 Months (60 days) of hire date or job transfer date. Current 2 years’ experience as Operating Room Nurse (scrub is a plus, not required) Excellent knowledge of aseptic and sterile techniques Solid understanding of patient safety and precautions In-depth knowledge of surgical operation procedures Critical thinker and problem solver Team Player Excellent organizational and time management skills A great team player with excellent communication skills We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment .
Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427) Shift Detail: Monday-Friday 7:30a-4p, no weekends, holidays. Start here at St. Vincent’s Medical Center and work where every moment matters! St. Vincent’s Medical Center doesn’t just take great care of our patients; we take great care of our Registered Nurses too! Our benefit options at St. Vincent’s are designed so you can care for yourself and your family, just as you care for others when you are here. What our nurses’ love about St. Vincent’s Medical Center: • Automatic enrollment into the Nurse Residency Program for all graduate RNs with less than one year of experience. • Bridge to Residency (B2R) Program (partnered with a coach to support successful completion of the NCLEX exam). • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250.00 after six months of employment and up to 40% tuition discounts with partnering institutions for colleagues AND dependents. • Loan forgiveness for qualifying existing student loans. • Employee assistance and wellness programs include a strong focus on promoting mental health. • Paid time off and health insurance packages. • Free parking on-site. • Discounts on services, products and optional coverages – movie tickets, pet insurance, travel and more! • Opportunities to join Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to bring together colleagues who share similar backgrounds to raise common concerns/advocate for those who historically have not had a voice in leadership decision-making. Job Summary: · Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Responsibilities: · Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. · Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. · Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders. · Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. · Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to assess patients and to identify physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and age-related needs in order to provide individualized care to the patient. · Delegates aspects of care to other nursing personnel consistent with their level of education and expertise in order to meet patients' needs and to maximize staff performance. · Participates in daily interdisciplinary patient rounds. Demonstrates knowledge of patients' condition and is able to provide appropriate input to meet desired outcomes for the appropriate patient population. · Reflects ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice (2015), ANA Code of Ethics (2015), and ANA Social Policy Statement (2015). · Develops, implements and revises individualized plans of care. · Participates in activities for professional growth and development outside of patient care. · Other Duties as assigned. Qualifications Qualifications • Graduate of an accredited nursing school. • Associate degree required; BSN preferred. • Current Connecticut RN license. • BLS certification by the American Heart Association. • Excellent assessment and critical thinking skills. Committed to nursing excellence, St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport is a twice-designated Magnet hospital. With more than 3,200 employees, it includes a 473-bed teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent's is also a Level 2 Trauma Center, certified by the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma . Now part of Hartford HealthCare, it is the fastest growing hospital in the state providing more advanced surgical procedures and expanding access to care. A large provider group, comprised of the region’s foremost experts, provides convenient patient access from Stamford to Milford and nearly everywhere in between. Founded in 1903, St. Vincent’s remains steadfast in its mission to provide compassionate, personalized care to the community. St. Vincent’s Medical Center is part of Hartford HealthCare, a system that includes 7 acute care hospitals, a comprehensive Behavioral Health Network, Home Care services, Senior Services, and an extensive Medical Group network. Hartford HealthCare’s unified culture enhances access, affordability, equity and excellence. Its care-delivery system of more than 40,000 colleagues — in more than 500 locations serving 185 towns across Connecticut offers unparalleled expertise-touching more than 23,000 lives every single day. Here you’ll learn, grow, and contribute to healing and health as part of one of Connecticut’s premier health systems. No matter where you work in the Hartford HealthCare system, you're connected to the team that's redefining care. Start here, where every moment matters.
Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427) Shift Detail: Per Diem Work where every moment matters. Every day, over more than $40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent’s is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network and is the system’s second-largest hospital. This position is an essential member of the nursing clinical team. The RN certified in wound, ostomy and continence provides expert clinical care, consultation/care coordination, education, quality improvement, leadership and research to the organization in relation to patients/ families and colleagues with wound, skin, ostomy and continence needs. This position is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation and care of wounds (acute and chronic), fistulae, pressure ulcers, skin breakdown, ostomy care and incontinence. Specifically, the WOCN RN Acute Performs the following: · Coordinates care for the populations of patients, identifies trends, develops evidence-based protocols/treatments and refines protocols based on emerging evidence, products, therapies and outcomes. · Develops and implements and refines educational programs for patients, families, colleagues and community partners. · Provides formal and informal consultation and serves as a resource to patients, healthcare team and leadership. Promotes the profession of nursing and professional practice. · Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner. · Advocates for the rights, ethical standards, and safety of patients and healthcare team. · Is visible, accessible and committed to communicating effectively with staff. Responsibilities Direct Patient Care · Provides expert consultation and/or hands-on care for individual patients with acute or chronic wounds, ostomy or continence issues. · Incorporates specialized evidence-based knowledge and skills to provide excellence in assessment, therapeutic interventions, prevention and health maintenance for patients with select disorders of the integumentary, gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. · Differentiates characteristics of wound, ostomy, continence clinical presentations and attributes accurate etiology in development of treatment plans. · Serves as a consultant to provide potential solutions for complex clinical cases to improve patient care and outcomes. · Establishes and coordinates multidisciplinary and comprehensive management plans. · Conducts ongoing re-evaluation and modifies the strategies and interventions as needed. · Notifies supervising clinician and Team when the wound deteriorates or fails to progress. · Collaborates with healthcare team to provide interdisciplinary referrals to complement the treatment plan. Care Coordination · Coordinates care for populations of patients with wounds, ostomy and continence conditions. · Collaborates with Healthcare Teams and leadership to develop best practice cross-setting care coordination using standardized prevention and treatment protocols: Coordination of care involves consideration of care trajectory across multiple settings (pre-op, acute and post-acute). Education · Develops and implements educational programs and protocols for patients, staff and other health care providers that address the prevention and management of wound ostomy and continence health conditions. · Arranges learning opportunities for RN Skin Champion. · Provides orientation for nurses and other health care team members. Quality Improvement / Safety · Collects and interprets wound, ostomy and continence-related data for continuous quality improvement, safety initiatives, surveillance and regulatory compliance. · Leads or provides guidance in the leadership of initiatives to reduce harm and improve outcomes for patients with wound, ostomy and continence conditions. · Participates/ leads research and quality improvement projects to investigate or validate interventions and workflow related to wound ostomy continence care. Qualifications Licensure, Certification, Registration • Licensed Registered Nurse from the CT DPH. • Enrollment in a WOCN Society Accredited Educational Program within one year of hire. • Completion of board certification in wound/ ostomy/continence through WOCNCB within a defined timeline following enrollment in educational program. • BLS certification. • Completion of a WOCN Society accredited educational program in wound / ostomy/ continence preferred. • Current board certified in wound/ ostomy / continence through WOCNCB preferred. Education • Baccalaureate degree in Nursing. • Master’s degree in nursing or higher preferred. Experience • Minimum of 2 Years with a minimum of 2000 hours of progressive wound and skill experience in clinical practice. • 5 or more years of active clinical nursing experience preferred. • Experience in EPIC HER preferred. Language Skills • Must be able to effectively communicate information in English. • Ability to speak another language in addition to English a plus. Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements • Strong ability to collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team. • Demonstrated ability to facilitate prevention and treatment interventions per protocol. • Excellent ability to advocate for the patient with skin and wound care needs and for the professional practice. • Seeks opportunities for professional growth and skill maintenance as WOC RN. • Strong ability to review cases for quality improvement; formulates, implements, and evaluates plans for improvement in coordination with the interdisciplinary team and other nursing personnel. • Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver educational programs. • Working knowledge of high reliability and LEAN process improvement strategies. • Demonstrated leadership skills and a commitment to education as a methodology for promoting continuous quality improvement in the delivery of patient care and services. • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Must be able to work independently as well as part of a collaborative team. • Proficient in use of electronic medical records. • Working knowledge in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.
Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427) Shift Detail: Monday-Friday 7a-5:30p, rotating call for weekends and holidays. per diem Ideal candidate will have a cardiac background with extensive orientation and telemetry knowledge.RNs with a Cath Lab background needed who can work a per diem schedule. Start here at St. Vincent’s Medical Center and work where every moment matters! St. Vincent’s Medical Center doesn’t just take great care of our patients; we take great care of our Registered Nurses too! Our benefit options at St. Vincent’s are designed so you can care for yourself and your family, just as you care for others when you are here. What our nurses’ love about St. Vincent’s Medical Center: • Automatic enrollment into the Nurse Residency Program for all graduate RNs with less than one year of experience. • Bridge to Residency (B2R) Program (partnered with a coach to support successful completion of the NCLEX exam). • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250.00 after six months of employment and up to 40% tuition discounts with partnering institutions for colleague AND dependents. • Loan forgiveness for qualifying existing student loans. • Employee assistance and wellness programs including a strong focus on promoting mental health. • Paid time off and health insurance packages. • Free parking on-site. • Discounts on services, products and optional coverages – movie tickets, pet insurance, travel and more! • Opportunities to join Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to bring together colleagues who share similar backgrounds to raise common concerns/advocate for those who historically have not had a voice in leadership decision-making. Job Summary: · Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Responsibilities: · Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. · Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. · Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders. · Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. · Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to assess patients and to identify physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and age-related needs in order to provide individualized care to the patient. · Delegates aspects of care to other nursing personnel consistent with their level of education and expertise in order to meet patients' needs and to maximize staff performance. · Participates in daily interdisciplinary patient rounds. Demonstrates knowledge of patients' condition and is able to provide appropriate input to meet desired outcomes for the appropriate patient population. · Reflects ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice (2015), ANA Code of Ethics (2015), and ANA Social Policy Statement (2015). · Develops, implements and revises individualized plans of care. · Participates in activities for professional growth and development outside of patient care. · Other Duties as assigned. Qualifications Qualifications • Graduate of an accredited nursing school. • Current Connecticut RN license. • BLS certification by the American Heart Association. • Associate degree required, BSN preferred. • Minimum 2 years of Cath Lab RN experience required. • Must commit to passing orientation process full-time until sign off. Committed to nursing excellence, St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport is a twice-designated Magnet hospital. With more than 3,200 employees, it includes a 473-bed teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent's is also a Level 2 Trauma Center, certified by the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma . Now part of Hartford HealthCare, it is the fastest growing hospital in the state providing more advanced surgical procedures and expanding access to care. A large provider group, comprised of the region’s foremost experts, provides convenient patient access from Stamford to Milford and nearly everywhere in between. Founded in 1903, St. Vincent’s remains steadfast in its mission to provide compassionate, personalized care to the community. St. Vincent’s Medical Center is part of Hartford HealthCare, a system that includes 7 acute care hospitals, a comprehensive Behavioral Health Network, Home Care services, Senior Services, and an extensive Medical Group network. Hartford HealthCare’s unified culture enhances access, affordability, equity and excellence. Its care-delivery system of more than 40,000 colleagues — in more than 500 locations serving 185 towns across Connecticut offers unparalleled expertise-touching more than 23,000 lives every single day. Here you’ll learn, grow, and contribute to healing and health as part of one of Connecticut’s premier health systems. No matter where you work in the Hartford HealthCare system, you're connected to the team that's redefining care. Start here, where every moment matters.
