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**This position will be located in our Virtual Care Command Center located at Cox South Hospital**
Expand your healthcare knowledge and experience while maintaining your skills at the bedside. Consider joining our team in a hybrid position in a cross training role which includes both bedside nursing shifts and an opportunity to grow new skills as a virtual nurse. Our Virtual Nursing Command Center is full of advanced technology that gives our patients an extra level of monitoring from admission to discharge. Our virtual nurses are centrally located in the Virtual Command Center at Cox South. They use this technology to support our bedside RNs with tasks to make lighten their workload as well as monitor patient’s vital signs, assist with admissions and discharges, and collaborate with our virtual physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and Early Intervention Team! If you are on the search for a new way to expand your nursing knowledge come and give Virtual Nursing a go!
Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates
• $1.00 Certification pay
• $1.00 BSN pay
The eAcute Virtual Med-Surg nurse is a pivotal member of the healthcare team to assist with managing the care of the adult or geriatric patient experiencing general medical conditions or general surgical procedures. The virtual nurse will assist with tasks such completing the admission and discharge process, care plan development and maintenance, patient education, medication and discharge teaching, care coordination, mentoring of new nurses, and implementation of evidence-based care. The virtual eAcute nurse assists the primary bedside nurse with nursing tasks not required to be done in person as well as real-time quality and patient safety surveillance. The eAcute Virtual Med-Surg nurse maintains a wide array of medical care knowledge in order to care for a diverse group of patientsEducation: ▪ Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
Experience: ▪ Required: Minimum of two years previous nursing experience on inpatient nursing unit Preferred: Charge nurse or preceptor experience and specialty nursing certification
Skills: ▪ Accountable and responsible for own safe clinical practice ▪ Basic computer skills and knowledge ▪ Excellent customer service skills ▪ Thrives in rapidly changing environment ▪ Self-motivated ▪ Excellent verbal and written communication skills ▪ Demonstrate effective leadership abilities ▪ Exhibits valuable time management skills ▪ Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills. ▪ Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment.
Licensure/Certification/Registration: ▪ Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri
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