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SCHEDULE: Per Diem - Requires a minimum of 24 hours per four (4) week schedule and must be available to work one (1) weekend every eight (8) weeks or (1) weekend day or night every (4) weeks.
- Performs a full range of tasks in providing nursing care to assigned patients
- Performs individualized nursing assessments for each assigned patient
- Develops/updates care plans utilizing established standards of care which include physician prescribed therapies and common nursing measures derived from disease related/therapy/personal needs
- Organizes/coordinates patient care and collaborates with staff to implement patient care plans. Also, participates in staff/patient care conferences
- Assists in clinical education/orientation of other staff; guides and supervises assigned personnel in the delivery of patient care; performs related duties as required
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of nursing
- Knowledge of relevant health center policies and procedures
- Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills
- Ability to establish priorities and manage effectively
- Candidates must possess and maintain or be eligible for a current RN license in the State of CT; graduation from an accredited nursing program.
- Minimum 1 year current Medical/Surgical Nursing experience with telemetry experience
- BLS and ACLS certifications
- BSN or active enrollment in a BSN program
MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $70.00-$80.00 dependent on shift assignment.
Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
