Registered Nurse WEO ICU

Job Description

Job Description

Are you dedicated to enhancing the patient experience? At our organization, we prioritize caring for patients with integrity and purpose, treating them like family. Take the next step in your career as a Registered Nurse in the WEO ICU at our facility.

Position Overview and Qualifications

The Registered Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering exceptional, patient-focused care tailored to the specific needs of the department, adhering to the standards and practices relevant to the state and specialty. Working alongside medical professionals and other team members, the RN provides personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care utilizing established nursing frameworks such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN acts as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization’s vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes that enhance overall departmental performance.

• Conducts procedures, monitoring, and other tasks as directed by medical providers, ensuring timely and thorough documentation of care in the patient’s medical record.
• Educates patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, treatment plans, medications, potential side effects, and follow-up actions, simplifying complex medical terminology for better understanding.
• Instructs patients, families, and caregivers on non-medical follow-up actions, including healthy lifestyle choices, disease prevention, and self-management strategies.
• Implements evidence-based practices and continuous improvement initiatives to surpass quality benchmarks and enhance the exceptional care provided to patients.
• Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to manage the quality of care, coordinating, evaluating, customizing, and delivering a holistic treatment plan that fosters recovery.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification must be obtained within six months of starting employment.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification.
• NIH Stroke Scale certification must be obtained within 90 days of starting employment.
• Registered Nurse (RN) license.

Benefits

Our facility offers a comprehensive rewards package designed to support the health, life, career, and retirement of our team members. The available plans and programs include:

• Extensive benefits for medical, prescription, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellness support, including complimentary counseling and referral services.
• Time-off programs for paid time off, family leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement options , including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (depending on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover assistance, and financial wellness counseling.
• Educational support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with a nursing college.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family planning, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Discover more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may differ by location.

Our facility is an 80+ bed full-service hospital serving Lee’s Summit and nearby areas. We are supported by over 300 physicians across more than 40 specialties and employ over 500 skilled staff members along with 60 volunteers. Our services encompass cardiology, cancer care, endoscopy, emergency services, imaging, neurology, pain management, and pulmonology. We also provide physical therapy, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, sports medicine, respiratory care, women’s health, and a variety of surgical services. Our hospital is recognized as a dually-accredited Chest Pain and Primary Stroke Center, with a dedicated team ready to serve our community. We are affiliated with a prominent healthcare network.

Our organization has been acknowledged as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute multiple times. In recent years, we have invested approximately $3.7 billion in charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The best hospitals will always prioritize the patient and their family, and the truly exceptional institutions will deliver care with warmth, compassion, and dignity." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
Co-Founder

If you seek a role that offers fulfillment and opportunities for personal growth, we invite you to apply for the Registered Nurse WEO ICU position. We review all applications promptly, and highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Explore the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.