Registered Nurse, Step-Down ICU / Intermediate Care Unit, Night Shift

Mercy Health System Corporation•Janesville, WI

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves utilizing the nursing process and collaborating with interdisciplinary team members to care for patients. The Registered Nurse administers prescribed medications and treatments, documents care according to standards, and performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation. A key responsibility is developing, initiating, and executing a patient plan of care tailored to individual needs, including patient and family instruction. The position also requires participation in department performance improvement activities, providing clinical expertise to other units, and utilizing critical thinking for patient safety and experience, escalating concerns as needed. The role also involves participating in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities, and peer review.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
ADN required upon hire.
Licensed as an RN in state of practice.
Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days.
Passing the Driver’s License Check and or Credit Check (for those positions requiring).
Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and or IL Health Care Workers Background Check.
Must be able to follow written or oral instructions.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines).
Other certification(s) per unit requirements. For example : ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP.

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.
Documents according to standards of care.
Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation 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 and 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.