Registered Nurse - ICU

INSIGHT Surgical Hospital•Chicago, IL

48d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Professional Nurse uses critical thinking skills, professional judgement and leadership to anticipate, plan, direct and evaluate the care of the patients provided by a team of ancillary personnel and serves as a resource in a specific specialty area. These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, in accordance with the mission, values and behaviors of Insight Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and guests.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
Current RN License in the State of Illinois required.
Completion of a Basic Arrhythmia Course within one (1) year of hire in Intensive Care, Telemetry, Labor & Delivery, Stroke Unit, ED required.
Completion of NIH Stroke Scale Training Course within one (1) year of hire in Intensive Care, Telemetry, Stroke Unit, ED required.
Current CPR certification required
Ability to quickly recognize changes in condition and needs of patients.
Knowledge of patients’ growth and development needs.
Ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy in carrying out work duties.

Nice To Haves

ACLS certification preferred, required for critical care and ER
PALS certification required for ER and Pediatrics
NRP certification required for Special Care Nursery

Responsibilities

Uses the nursing process, critical thinking skills, professional judgment, and the attributes of Careful Nursing to provide care for an assigned population of patients.
Assesses patient needs to determine care requirements.
Plans care and delegates tasks to ancillary personnel based on patient assessment.
Evaluates patient response to care provided and makes changes in plan for care as needed.
Promotes patient/family independence through provision of education related to patient's condition, treatment, medications and on-going self-care requirements.
Participates in the professional advancement system by meeting all the requirements for Level I as well as demonstrating critical thinking and problem-solving skills independently, synthesizing information and resources to care for complex, higher acuity patients, completing designated unit specific competencies, and completing at least 16 hours of continuing education within the last year that is specific to daily clinical practice.
Interdisciplinary communication and administrative support. Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and facilitates discharge planning and patient education.
Demonstrates three of the six criteria for a Registered Nurse, which may include functioning as charge nurse, participating in committees, acting as a resource for a specific specialty area, providing constructive input for evaluation of unit process and unlicensed personnel, maintaining membership in a professional organization, or participating in volunteer or community outreach.
Coordinates discharge planning by identifying discharge needs, implementing/revising and communicating plan in collaboration with the patient/family/significant others.
Discusses patient progress, problems and needs with physician and multidisciplinary team members on a regular basis to ensure that goals for discharge are met.
Assures high levels of quality of care through compliance with regulatory standards, reference to current research related to patient care outcome and participation in the data collection and analysis process of ongoing quality monitoring.
Uses supplies in a cost effective and efficient manner and works with the management team to make unit supply level adjustments, additions and revisions.
Ensures that care is provided for all patients utilizing the attributes of Careful Nursing.
Carries out other duties related to patient care and unit operations as assigned.