Registered Nurse Emergency Departments West Region Float Team Full-time Nights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • Winfield, IL

21h

About The Position

The RN Float – Emergency Department reflects Northwestern Medicine’s mission, vision, and values and follows its Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program, policies, procedures, guidelines, and applicable regulatory and accreditation standards. This clinically competent registered professional nurse prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for acutely ill patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation, while interacting effectively with patients, significant others, and other members of the health team and maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice.

As a Float Nurse on the Resource Team, the role works across multiple specialty areas and patient populations. Shifts may take place in different units or hospitals in Northwestern Medicine’s west region. The position provides opportunities to develop assessment, communication, and teamwork skills and to build working relationships with staff across the region.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
• Basic Life Support.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate with others.
• Strong analytic abilities.
• For the Emergency Room: ACLS.
• For the Emergency Room: PALS.
• For the Emergency Room: NRP within one year of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a specific clinical area.
• TNCC/Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS).
• Certified Pediatric Nurse.
• Certified Emergency Nurse.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze data, identify expected outcomes, develop and implement individualized plans, coordinate care delivery, and evaluate progress toward outcomes.
• Direct care and determine the appropriate utilization of assistants involved in providing direct patient care.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; create a documented, outcome-focused plan addressing care and service delivery and communications with patients, families, and others.
• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects.
• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions in the health record and individualize the plan of care based on evaluation findings.
• Use the best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement.
• Loan forgiveness.
• 401(k) matching.
• Lifecycle benefits.
• A wide range of benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time