Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU/Main
About The Position
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Post Anesthesia (PACU)/Main team! Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. Position Specifics: Department: Post Anesthesia (PACU)/Main RN. Will learn to prepare someone for surgery and recover someone after surgery. Assist with procedures such as pain blocks and spinals. You will be cross trained for PACU and preop. of 8 in preop. Must have critical care experience Core Function: Nursing Schedule: FT Days 4x10 shifts per week with a rotating day off. Call will be required from 7pm-6am approximately once per week for after hour cases, this will include holidays on a rotating schedule as well. Will also be required to take call every 6th weekend (rotate with other RNs in the department; 6:00am Saturday-6:00am Monday) Facility: St. Mary's Hospital Clinic Location: Decatur, IL
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice is required.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in state of practice is required.
- Wisconsin: RNs may practice with a valid multi-state RN license as outlined in the Nurse Licensure Compact rules.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
- Must have critical care experience
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is preferred.
- Experience in healthcare is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Establishing a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
- Promoting and restoring patients' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members.
- Promoting patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
- Assuring quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
Benefits
- HSHS provides a benefits package designed to support the overall well-being of our colleagues including their physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and work health.
- Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for HSHS benefits.
- Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need.
- Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions.
- Education Assistance benefits include up to $4,000 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.
- Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!
- Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
