Registered Nurse Surgical Intermediate Care Full Time Nights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • Winfield, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical Intermediate Care Unit (2A) at Northwestern Medicine is a 26-bed unit dedicated to providing treatment, care, and service to adult patients with acute medical, surgical, and cardiac conditions, with a specialization in complicated surgeries. The patient population includes, but is not limited to, individuals undergoing esophagectomies, whipples, surgical-oncology cases, high-volume liposuction, multi-level spinal fusions, and vascular cases. This unit also caters to surgical patients who require medication drips not suitable for a standard medical-surgical inpatient unit, and it is open to medical step-down and overflow patients to enhance overall hospital throughput. Direct patient care on the 2A unit is delivered by registered nurses, maintaining an ideal ratio of 1:3-4 patients for step-down level of care. The Staff Nurse Inpatient role involves prescribing, delegating, and coordinating nursing care for acutely ill patients through the comprehensive nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. This role requires effective interaction with patients, their significant others, and other health team members, all while adhering to ANA standards of professional nursing practice, the organization’s Code of Ethics, and Corporate Compliance Program, as well as all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulatory/accreditation standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with others
• Strong analytic abilities
• Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) acceptable with commitment to obtain a BSN from an accredited program within three years of first day of employment in clinical nurse role.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in specific clinical area
• Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS) (Additional Preference for the Emergency Room and the Pediatric Emergency Room)
• Emergency Communications Registered Nurse (Additional Preference for the Emergency Room and the Pediatric Emergency Room)
• Certified Pediatric Nurse (Additional Preference for the Emergency Room and the Pediatric Emergency Room)
• Certified Emergency Nurse (Additional Preference for the Emergency Room and the Pediatric Emergency Room)

Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes data, identifies expected outcomes, develops and implements an individualized plan, coordinates care delivery and evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Directs care and determines the appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in providing direct patient care.
• Collaborates with patient, family, physicians and ancillary staff.
• Creates a documented plan, focused on outcomes and decisions related to the care and delivery of services that indicates communications with patients, families, and others.
• Participates in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects.
• Evaluates and documents the patient’s responses to nursing interventions in the health record and properly individualizes the plan of care based on the evaluation of findings.
• Utilizes the best available evidence, including research findings to guide practice decisions.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Loan forgiveness
• 401(k) matching
• Lifecycle benefits
• Wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.
• Sign-on Bonus (if offered for position)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees