Registered Nurse 2 - 23rd Floor Brain Innovation Center - Full Time - Days

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab•Chicago, IL

22h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides individualized, age-specific nursing assessment and comprehensive care for assigned patients. The role uses advanced assessment skills and medical data to formulate nursing diagnoses, develop and implement individualized care plans, coordinate care, and evaluate patient progress. The nurse provides specialized treatments and prescribed medications, assists physicians, and works with interdisciplinary team members to support patient comfort and well-being. The Registered Nurse educates patients and significant others about their care, condition, expected outcomes, and home care, and provides referrals to appropriate agencies and resources. The nurse supports Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s mission and philosophy, demonstrating its core attributes of communication, accountability, flexibility/adaptability, judgment/problem solving, and customer service, as well as its values of hope, compassion, discovery, collaboration, and commitment to excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing from an accredited program, or an accredited Associate Degree in Nursing with a commitment to complete a BSN/MSN within two years.
Illinois license to practice as a registered nurse.
CPR certification.
Understanding of growth and development across infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle age, and geriatric stages, and ability to apply that information to patient needs.
Effective, timely verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills.
Ability to take ownership for serving patients, teams, and the organization, achieving goals, and resolving problems.
Willingness to adapt to changing work demands and environments.
Critical thinking and sound judgment to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in condition.
Ability to anticipate, assess, and address patient needs.
Ability to transfer and position patients, including lifting up to 35 pounds.

Responsibilities

Provide professional nursing care, including specialized treatments, prescribed medications, and coordination of patient care with other departments.
Collect physiological, psychosocial, and functional data and formulate nursing diagnoses using evidence-based techniques and instruments.
Assist physicians during examinations and treatments.
Interpret information from health team members and incorporate it into written nursing assessments.
Assess patients, identify changes in status, establish care priorities, and recognize crisis situations.
Implement interventions consistent with the plan of care and interdisciplinary treatment plan, evaluate progress, and modify care plans as indicated.
Educate patients and significant others about care during hospitalization, expected outcomes, home care instructions, and referrals to appropriate resources.
Report patient care plans to health team members, complete assignment sheets, explain care plans, and document care.
Collect and report pertinent physiological, psychological, and functional data based on the patient’s plan of care or needs.
Review and evaluate patient-care policies and procedures and make recommendations to support comprehensive care.
Perform other duties assigned in the best interest of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.