Norman Regional Health System's Intermediate Care (IMC) staff cares for a wide variety of patients with complex medical conditions requiring intermediate or critical care. NRHS is an accredited primary stroke center and the Intermediate Care is our dedicated stroke unit for the health system. Our team is award winning (Women's Choice award and American Heart Association/Get with the Guidelines award) and works in collaboration with other departments and our stroke coordinator to provide this award winning care. IMC nurses are critical thinkers and highly skilled to rapidly assess a patient's condition and intervene with immediate attention. Common medication drips include Cardizem, Heparin, and Amiodarone. We utilize our Norman Regional's core values of Integrity, Communication, Attitude, Results, and Engagement to not only provide excellent care to our patients and their families, but to maintain a culture of respect and safety while promoting teamwork as healthcare professionals. IMC's charge nurse regularly does not take a full load of patients and is a great resource to not only our staff, but other units' as well.

RN essential functions include, but are not limited to:

• collaboration with other health professionals, assessment, analyzing assessment data.
• establishing goals, planning care strategy, establishing priorities of care, implementing care.
• delegating tasks safely, providing safe direct and indirect nursing care, evaluating responses to interventions.
• performing additional nursing functions in accordance with knowledge and skills acquired beyond basic nursing preparation.

Education

• Diploma or Associate's degree (ADN) required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.

Experience

• Previous experience in healthcare field preferred.

(Above requirements can be met by the equivalent combination of education and experience).

Licensure/Certification

• Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) training or retraining is required during orientation prior to providing patient care.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training is required within 6 months of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required within 8 months of hire.
• All certifications are required to be maintained through re-training for duration of employment. These classes and certifications are offered at NRHS.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• New graduates will be required to complete Vizient/AACN Norman Regional's Nurse Residency Program to ensure the best outcome for you during your transition period from school to becoming a professional nurse.

Compensation

• Flat Rate of $42/hr
• eligible for shift differentials