Registered Nurse (RN) Emergency Room

Advocate Health • Libertyville, IL

4d • $38 - $57 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Emergency Room uses evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and skilled dialogue to help create a safe patient environment and positive patient experience. The nurse delivers and coordinates patient-centered care across the continuum, supporting patients’ transitions to other healthcare systems or their home communities. Responsibilities include comprehensive patient care through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. The position is in a 45-bed, Level 1 Trauma Emergency Room at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois. The schedule is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., three days per week, with an every-third-weekend and holiday rotation and four hours of call per month.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Illinois RN license.
• Current American Heart Association CPR certification.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts to accommodate staffing.
• Certain positions may require taking call; this position lists four hours of call per month.
• Ability to assist in patient evacuation during a fire or other disaster.
• Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts over 35 pounds, or when a patient cannot assist, use patient-handling equipment with at least one other team member when available; unique situations are assessed case by case.
• Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients and may be exposed to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick.
• ADN is acceptable subject to the stated BSN completion requirements: nurses with less than 12 months of experience must agree to enroll in a BSN completion program and complete it within four years; nurses with more than 12 months of direct patient-care experience must possess a BSN or obtain a BSN or Advocate Aurora Health-recognized nursing certification within one year of hire or becoming eligible to sit for certification, whichever is later.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Use evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making to support safe, patient-centered care.
• Deliver and coordinate comprehensive patient care through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Support patients’ successful transitions to other healthcare delivery systems or their home communities.
• Follow established standards, policies, and procedures.
• Assist in evacuating patients in the event of a fire or other disaster.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement and an Educational Assistance Program.
• Life insurance and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent-care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined-contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Competitive compensation, including potential shift and on-call premium pay, incentive pay for select positions, and opportunity for annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree