Registered Nurse - Urgent Care

Urgent Care Position

The City of Marion...Welcome Home! In the city of Marion, the very first thing you might notice is how this community deliberately puts care into creating a sense of belonging and family among its residents. Light up your life and enjoy your strolls through the city's Walkway of Lights! During the winter seasons, Marion has been nationally recognized throughout the decades as making it on the list of top 8 best cities for holiday lights and decorations. Enjoy making a splash of things? Come get your swim on at Marion's very own water park, the Splash House! Take advantage being here in this beautiful city, where you'll enjoy a comfortable hometown flavor while taking full advantage of top-notch amenities and state-of-the-art facilities. Learn more about Marion here.

VA Northern Indiana Health Care System (NIHCS) was formed in 1995 by the integration of the VA Medical Centers in Fort Wayne and Marion, Indiana. The mission of VA Northern Indiana Health Care System is to provide coordinated, compassionate and comprehensive quality primary care, mental health services and extended care to veterans in a timely, accessible and cost-effective manner. The Fort Wayne Campus offers primary and secondary medical and surgical services, and the Marion Campus offers a full range of psychiatry services, nursing home care, and extended care services. Primary care clinics are available at both campuses and at Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in Peru, Goshen, South Bend and Muncie, Indiana. Although the Marion Campus is well over 110 years old and the Fort Wayne Campus was constructed in 1950, recently completed renovations and construction, and continuous maintenance, ensure an attractive, state-of-the-art healthcare environment.

Facility Address: 1700 E 38th St, Marion, IN 46953

Urgent Care Requirements:

• Shall provide direct and indirect nursing care, by contributing to the patient's assessment, determining priorities, identifying nursing measures and therapeutic objectives, and evaluating outcomes. The position requires independent judgment and nursing actions, flexibility, organization skills, and the ability to utilize an interdisciplinary approach in the provision of nursing care.
• Obtain patient history and pertinent family history.
• Assess patients and plan appropriate nursing care.
• Document plan of care and care given in patient's medical record.
• Verify transcription of physician's orders, no verbal orders are to be accepted.
• Carry out prescribed physician's orders and document inpatient medical records.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to charge nurse and/or physician as appropriate.
• Re-assess patient's condition and revise plans of care based on identified nursing problems.
• Administer medications and Intravenous (IV) therapies.
• Possess knowledge of actions and usual dosages of most commonly used emergency drugs and their location on the crash cart.
• Assess and document patient response to medication that has been administered.
• Be able to interpret cardiac rhythms and their implications.
• Reorganize and initiate appropriate measures in emergencies/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that shall be accomplished.
• Instruct patient/family regarding prescribed medications/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that shall be accomplished.
• Assess patient/family knowledge level, implement plan of instructions, and record patient/family demonstrated level of understanding.
• Operate defibrillator, EKG machines, cardiac monitor, and other emergency technical equipment.
• Participate in discharge planning, as appropriate.
• Be able to initiate life-saving measures in the absence of physicians.

Urgent Care Qualifications:

• Shall have a current license in at least one state, territory, or commonwealth in the U.S. or the District of Columbia.
• Current certification in CPR/BLS and ACLS by an American Health Association Vendor.
• Must have a minimum of one year of direct patient care experience within the Urgent Care specialty assigned; VA experience is desirable.
• Immunizations must be up to date, to include COVID Vaccine (Boosters required, exception: medical/religious exemption accepted).

KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market. KurzSolutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.