Registered Nurse (Surgical Intermediate)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (Surgical Intermediate)

• Schedule: Full-time, Days (7:00am–7:30pm) with rotating weekends

• Unit: 26-bed surgical intermediate unit for adult patients with acute medical, surgical, and cardiac conditions

Description

Registered, professional nurse providing direct care to acutely ill adult patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation using the nursing process. The unit supports complex surgeries (including esophagectomies, Whipple procedures, surgical-oncology cases, vascular cases, multi-level spinal fusions) and also takes medical step-down/overflow patients to enhance hospital throughput.

Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes patient data to identify expected outcomes and develop an individualized plan of care

• Coordinates care delivery and evaluates progress toward outcomes

• Directs care and determines appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in patient care

• Collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; maintains a documented, outcome-focused plan

• Participates in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects

• Evaluates and documents patient responses to nursing interventions; individualizes the plan of care

• Uses best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events

• Benefits details available via the employer benefits page; eligibility depends on employment classification

• Sign-on bonus eligibility may apply in specific cases (e.g., some new graduate internal employees); internal employees/rehires who left within 1 year are not eligible