Job Description:The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.
We are growing! We are currently building a new, 105,000+ square foot Primary Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Center in Taylorsville, Utah opening in September 2025. Serving ages 4-18 with behavioral and mental health diagnoses, we offer outpatient clinics, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, and inpatient care.In addition to providing our existing mental health services, we are expanding our programming to include:• Fifty percent more inpatient beds (36 total), including the state’s first dedicated unit to safely care for youth with autism and other neuro developmental needs.• Family-centered behavioral healthcare, where family members will be actively engaged in their child’s care and able to stay overnight.• Outpatient spaces, designed for more intensive outpatient treatment, day treatment, and group therapy programs.This position is for the new Crisis Walk-In Center, providing one streamlined access point for crisis careand replacing local hospital emergency departments as a family’s only option during crisis situationsPosting Information:Shift: Variable (50/50 Split Days and Nights), Weekends and HolidaysPart time, 24 hours a weekDifferential Offered: Nights and WeekendsEssential FunctionsAssess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.SkillsPatient Care DeliveryNursing FundamentalsInterdisciplinary TeamsDocumentationsProfessional EtiquetteAccountabilityPatient Care CoordinationCommunicationPatient EvaluationCritical ThinkingPhysical Requirements:Minimum QualificationsCurrent license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified or obtain within four (4) years of their hire date.Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.Preferred Qualifications One or more years of RN work experience.Physical RequirementsOngoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.Location:Primary Childrens at Wasatch CanyonsWork City:Salt Lake CityWork State:UtahScheduled Weekly Hours:24The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.$34.53 - $52.25We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. 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