Position Overview:
- Schedules: Full-time, three 12-hour shifts per week
- Work location: UAB Hospital-Callahan Eye
- Benefits and perks available for eligible positions include: robust educational assistance programs, generous paid time off, employee assistance and wellness programs, paid parental leave, qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, plus more.

Job Highlights:
About UAB Hospital - Callahan Eye: For over 60 years, UAB Hospital - Callahan Eye has been dedicated to preserving and restoring the vision of our patients, transforming the future of eye care, and curing the world’s blinding diseases. We have been recognized internationally and nationally for outstanding patient care, treatment of eye trauma, and crucial research in eye disease. UAB Hospital - Callahan Eye is one of the busiest eye care centers in the nation, annually performing more than 15,000 surgeries and completing more than 120,000 clinic visits. Our nationally ranked comprehensive center provides everything from preventive and routine eye care to 24/7 emergency treatment of eye trauma at the nation’s only freestanding Level 1 Ocular Trauma Center. As a proud part of UAB Medicine - Callahan Eye is committed to delivering innovation at every level of eye care and critical research that will keep all of us seeing clearly into the future.

Job Description:
The Registered Nurse reports directly to the ASU Nursing Supervisor. The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in assigned area based on individual patient needs, medical plan, and in accordance with established nursing standards and administrative policy. The RN utilizes the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. The RN communicates with physicians and other members of the health care team to coordinate quality patient care. The RN participates in maintaining unit organization. The RN participates in staff development conferences and programs. The RN guides and teaches auxiliary personnel and assists in the orientation of new staff members. The RN performs other related duties as necessary. Participates on teams created to improve outcome quality through process improvement and team technologies

Key Responsibilities:

· Implements and monitors patient care plans.

· Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.

· Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

· Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.

· Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Graduate of an accredited Nursing program required. Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the Alabama Board of Nursing required. Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification required or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of employment.