Registered Nurse RN, MHTC Surgical Peds Unit

Mercy Health System • Janesville, WI

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About The Position

The position is located in Janesville, WI, within the Surgical and Peds unit, requiring 30 hours of work per week on the night shift. The role involves providing compassionate, culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to patients in a clinical setting, in alignment with the Mercyhealth nursing mission, practice values, and strategic plan. The job may include variable shifts, weekends, holidays, and/or on-call hours, and may require floating to various units based on identified needs and clinical competency.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Associate Diploma in Nursing (ADN)/Diploma RN with a signed BSN Agreement or ADN/Diploma RN with 5 years of RN experience or ADN with Professional Nursing Certification.
• Minimum 3 years of RN experience required.
• Licensed as an RN in state of practice.
• Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days.
• Other certification(s) per unit requirements (e.g., ACLS, PALS, PEARS, NRP).

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a clinical setting with pediatric patients.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws/practice act.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention and evaluation of care.
• Documents according to standards of care.
• Develops, initiates, and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by Physician and/or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.
• Utilizes clinical expertise & guidance to other units/departments in support of the patient's longitudinal plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.
• Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions and peer review process.
• Offers ideas and/or solutions to practice issues.
• Uses innovative methods and intuitive skills to develop and implement plans of care.
• Provides innovative ways to educate patient/families.
• Initiates interdisciplinary collaboration to meet the patient/family educational needs.
• Actively participates in mentoring and precepting new partners to the organization.
• Positively influences the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
• Engages in personal development and supports system-entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth including developing or revising evidence-based practice guidelines.
• Actively participates in a minimum of 1 departmental or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package including retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, and flexible spending plans.
• Competitive Compensation with market competitive rates of pay and participation in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.
• Generous Paid Time Off plan that increases with milestone anniversaries.
• Career Advancement opportunities including educational assistance programs and career ladders.
• Employee Wellbeing resources including health risk assessments and a Wellbeing mobile application.
• Access to internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, and financial education for retirement planning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees