Women's Services TempForce RN Vanderbilt Tullahoma

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

TempForce Nursing Collab

Job Summary:

JOB SUMMARY
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Nursing Strategic Programs is dedicated to serving the VUMC Health System. The Vanderbilt Medical Center Staffing Collaborative supports nurse staffing needs as a system-wide resource. The Staffing Collaborative has created a new structure that allows for flexible and alternative nursing employment at VUMC. Similar to a travel nurse, the Staffing Collaborative will allow Nursing staff to work 13-week assignments within a specific unit at VUMC. The Department of Nursing Strategic Programs and the Staffing Collaborative provides a new and exciting approach to nursing in a patient-focused, safe, and efficient manner. The assignment comes with premium pay and optional health benefits.

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Short-Term Assignment Key Benefits:

• Premium Pay $60
• Medical benefits available through TempForce
• Assignment in the same hospital (might float between units)

Locations Available:

• Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital - Tullahoma, TN.

Units Available:

• Women's Service (Labor & Delivery/Post-Partum/Well-Being)

Shifts:

• Nights
• 3, 12-hour shifts per week
• 1 weekend on call shift per 6 weeks (Friday/Saturday)
• 2 weekend shifts per 6 shifts (Friday/Saturday)
• Variable schedule to meet needs
• Holiday Requirements (1 Major or Minor Holiday):
  • Holidays:
    • Memorial Day Night
    • Mother’s Day Weekend
    • Father’s Day Weekend

Length of assignment:

• 13 weeks assignments (with the option to extend)

Qualifications:

• Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR) #L1-AM1
• Registered Nurse Required
• Graduate of an approved discipline-specific program (or equivalent experience) and 2 years relevant experience
• Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):
• ACLS and PALS (Required)
• Registered Nurse Required
• BLS Required
• NRP, & AWHONN (Required)
• Fetal Assessment (Required)
• Labor & Delivery/Post-Partum/Well-Being
• Able to circulate/scrub in OR

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Care Planning (Novice): Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units. Ability to adapt to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
• Nursing Patient Education (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to assess and evaluate patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examinatio