Registered Nurse – RN – Float – FT0.9 – Nights

Registered Nurse – RN – Float – FT0.9 – Nights

Requirements

• Current Illinois RN license
• Current CPR
• Good communication skills
• Good computer skills
• Good time management and organizational skills
• Familiarity with patient care equipment
• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient and family readiness to learn and individualizes the approach as necessary
• Works collaboratively to develop strategies to meet the learning needs of the patient and family
• Initiates referrals and discharge planning and actively coordinates the plan utilizing the interdisciplinary approach
• Uses the nursing process to assess the needs of the patient, plan and implement interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care
• Involves the patient and family in planning and implementing care
• Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum
• Mobilizes appropriate resources in response to situations that have the potential to negatively impact patient and family outcomes
• Analyzes challenging situations and intervenes as appropriate to optimize patient outcomes
• Implements strategies to reduce patient risk and increase patient safety
• Consistently applies evidence-based practice in patient care
• Incorporates nursing standards of care into practice
• Utilizes knowledge and experience to anticipate and alter the plan of care as needed
• Consistently makes sound clinical decisions, demonstrating the ability to care for patients with complex problems
• Prioritizes and organizes patient care and ensures follow through with planned, interdisciplinary care
• Facilitates the patient and family’s right to receive quality, cost effective care
• Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families
• Participates in shared governance activities and initiatives to improve processes and patient outcomes
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills, promoting collaboration among healthcare team members
• Seeks out opportunities to enhance the knowledge, skill, and competence of other department members
• Proactively facilitates compliance with regulatory standards
• Assumes a leadership role in the nurse/unlicensed assistive personnel team and delegates appropriately
• Promotes the culture of safety through identifying threats to patient safety and intervening to prevent patient harm
• Reports patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner
• Seeks to identify potential safety issues and assists in the implementation of corrective actions
• Provides and role models adaptive communication styles and techniques based on individual patient needs
• Provides and role models behaviors necessary to care for patients with altered physical and psychosocial needs
• Applies ethical decision making
• Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care
• Consistently utilizes an individualized, wholistic and non-judgmental approach to patient care
• Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives to improve the functions of the department and the patient care experience
• Creatively uses knowledge, resources, and technology to transform care for the diverse patient population
• Contributes to the growth of the nursing profession through professional association membership, mentoring nursing students, and other nursing and clinical colleagues, continued academic progression, and contributions to nursing science
• Assists in creating an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities for nursing peers and colleagues
• Critiques one’s own nursing practice and initiates professional practice goals to enhance individual, unit, department and organizational goals
• Utilizes available resources to maintain current knowledge base relevant to practice
• Attends required meetings/educational programs and completes annual unit competencies in a timely manner

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
• Certifications/education required for the nursing specialty – See Certification Addendum