Charge RN

Providers cover family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and about 25 specialties. Clínica Médica Lima is a physician group of more than 400 providers in 60 locations across Lisbon. Founded in 1955, we now have 250 employees. Scrubs in any colour, closed-toe shoes required.

Job summary:

We are creating this position because the workload has grown. This is a bedside role at a Lisbon acute care hospital with shared governance and a clinical ladder. The work is on site and cannot be done remotely.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Collect specimens and make sure they are labeled correctly and sent to the lab on time.
• Start and maintain peripheral IVs, and manage central lines, PICCs and drains.
• Coordinate discharge planning with case management, PT/OT and pharmacy.
• Prepare patients for procedures and recover them afterward.
• Monitor vital signs, telemetry and lab results, and escalate changes to the provider or rapid response team.

Required qualifications:

• BLS from the American Heart Association required at hire.
• Able to float to sister units within competency.
• Ability to stand and walk for most of a 12-hour shift and lift or reposition patients with assistance.
• Must pass background check and drug screen and provide immunization records, including annual flu vaccine.
• Comfortable with an EHR and barcode medication administration.
• ACLS within 6 months of hire (PALS for paediatric units)
• Willing to rotate holidays and work every third weekend.

Schedule: Nights, 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, three shifts per week, plus night differential

What you get:

• Private health insurance.
• Flexible remuneration plan.
• Paid training.
• Overtime paid.
• Training budget.
• Life insurance.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Clínica Médica Lima.