CLINICAL NURSE II - EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Cook County•Chicago, IL

1d•$39 - $53•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse II is a registered professional nurse who is responsible and accountable for the overall management of patient care on a specific unit and shift. As a participatory patient care giver exemplifying leadership, he/she maintains comprehensive knowledge of patients' condition and technical aptitude for providing safe, effective, and individualized emergency nursing care using the nursing process. Performance of duties requires the following skills: Problem solving abilities, delegation, communication, effective working relationships, priority setting and demonstrated leadership ability.

Requirements

Licensed as a Professional Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois, is required (Must provide proof at time of interview if already obtained)
Three (3) years of recent Emergency Department nursing experience, is required
Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification, is required (Must provide proof at time of interview if already obtained)

Nice To Haves

Bachelors of Science in Nursing from an accredited college or university, is preferred
Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, is preferred
Active Emergency Communication Radio Nurse (ECRN) certification, is preferred
Bilingual in English/Spanish, is preferred

Responsibilities

Performs admission and on-going patient assessment
Adheres to the National Patient Safety Goals.
Ensures admission assessments, ongoing monitoring, and scheduled reassessments are done according to divisional unit standards.
Ensures the completed assessment includes nursing diagnoses to provide age specific care relative to the following factors: cultural and spiritual inclusion, biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care capabilities, safety and infection control, learning needs, and discharge planning needs.
Ensures there is collaboration with patient/family and other healthcare team members when planning nursing care during the emergency room visit.
Ensures the nursing plan of care is communicated to patient/family.
Ensures completion of patient discharge, admission, and transfer assessment.
Facilitation of emergency medicine metrics including but not limited to: Left Without Being Seen (LWBS), Door to EKG, Door to Triage, Door to Admission.
Ensures implementation of the nursing plan of care
Ensures performance of interventions in a competent, skillful and safe manner.
Ensures prioritization of interventions according to patient needs.
Ensures application of principles of growth and development across the life span when providing age and developmentally appropriate care relative to the following populations: neonate/infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
Ensures education is provided to patient and family based on assessed learning needs.
Ensures provision of interventions to meet patient's identified discharge needs.
Ensures evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions and revises as appropriate
Ensures that the staff evaluates and reevaluates patient's responses to interventions.
Ensures the staff modifies and implements interventions as appropriate.
Ensures appropriate documentation
Ensures the staff records pertinent information, (assessment/reassessment/on-going monitoring, plan of care, interventions and patient's responses).
Ensures documentation is signed legible with full name and classification.
Ensure safe delivery of patient care
Ensures performance of interventions in a competent, skillful and safe manner.
Ensures staff adheres to the principles of BSIS, isolation and asepsis.
Ensures staff performs the technical aspects of care according to established practice standards, (procedures, treatments, IV blood administration, medication administration, and IV cannulation phlebotomy procedure).
Ensures staff demonstrates competence in the safe and effective use of clinical equipment.
Ensures cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other life-saving interventions are performed appropriately.
Ensures patient care area is free of environmental hazards.
Demonstrates knowledge of decontamination.
Applies knowledge of standard operating policies and procedures.
Delivers safe, effective, individualized care utilizing the nursing process
Demonstrates ability to perform assessment/reassessment and ongoing monitoring of assigned patients
Identifies nursing diagnosis based on the assessment data
Develops nursing plan of care based on assessed needs.
Applies principles of growth and development across life span in providing care appropriate to patient's age specific needs in the neonate/infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric client.
Performs interventions in a competent, skillful and safe manner.
Prioritizes interventions according to patient's needs.
Provides education to patient and family based on assessed learning needs.
Performs transfer assessments when the patient is 1ransferred in or out of the department.
Provides discharge education when the patient is discharged from the emergency department.
Provides interventions to meet patients identified discharge needs.
Evaluates effectiveness of care and revises interventions as appropriate
Evaluates and re-evaluates patient's responses to interventions.
Modifies and implements interventions as appropriate.
Documents appropriately
Records accurately, concisely, and legibly in black ink or in the electronic medical record the following information, assessments/reassessments/ongoing monitoring, plan of care, interventions and patient s responses.
Signs documentation with legible full name and classification.
Demonstrates leadership/management ability
Demonstrates competence in making patient care/staff assignments.
Establishes priorities based on the changing patient care needs.
Considers needs of orientees/preceptors in making patient care assignments.
Assists in identifying staffing needs to ensure safe, quality patient care.
Plans, coordinates and assists staff in patient care /department
Identifies and resolves patient care problems in a timely manner
Follows the chain of command in referring problems.
Ensures patient classification is completed in a timely manner.
Assigns non-nursing tasks appropriately.
Demonstrates effective interpersonal relationships with all health care team members, patient and families.
Promotes teamwork and professional relationships among the members of the nursing profession.
Ensures patient care needs are met.
Demonstrates knowledge of hospital-wide services and makes appropriate referrals as indicated.
Participates in/facilitates, quality assessment, improvement activities, department policy/procedures, department rounds, patient care conferences, handoff communication and staff meetings
Assists in ensuring that adequate supplies, medication and equipment are maintained.
Assists nurse coordinators appraisal of staff.
Promotes patient/family centered environment.
Works cooperatively with nurse coordinator to accomplish departmental goals.
Collaborates with other healthcare members to foster team spirit.
Demonstrates effective communication skills
Demonstrates ability to communicate accurately, clearly and concisely, orally and in writing.
Demonstrates caring and respectful attitude in verbal and nonverbal communications.
Communicates pertinent information to patient/family, physician, nurse, and other healthcare team members as appropriate.
Provides concise and accurate patient care information during handoff communication.
Demonstrates awareness of patient/family rights and ethical/legal issues
Ensures confidentiality is maintained in all patient related information.
Ensures privacy for patients and their family.
Treats patient/family with respect and courtesy.
Takes appropriate actions to address ethical concerns for patient, self and staff.
Participates actively in staff orientation and staff development activities
Performs as resource nurse/preceptor/mentor when necessary.
Assists new staff with information or directions when requested and offers assistance as needed.
Conducts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) drills, fire drills and patient centered conferences or other department educational activities as requested or assigned.
Assists in identifying and planning for educational needs of staff including the orientees.
Facilitates attendance of staff to schedule educational activities and meetings.
Recognizes own learning needs, and seeks opportunities to meet them.