Registered Nurse – RN

Registered Nurse – RN

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
• BSN preferred

Responsibilities

• Uses the nursing process to assess the needs of the patient, plan and implement interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes.
• 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

• BSN preferred
• PALS certification for Children’s Hospitals
• ACLS certification for Emergency Room nurses
• Certification in your current area of specialty once meeting eligibility requirements