Registered Nurse (RN)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides compassionate care and emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families. The role promotes and restores health by carrying out the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support, and supervising assigned team members. The nurse promotes patient independence by establishing care goals, educating patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care, and answering their questions. The role supports quality care by following therapeutic standards, evaluating health outcomes against care goals and standards, recommending or making adjustments, and adhering to nursing standards and applicable regulations. This position is in the Med Surge department at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. The schedule is full-time day shift, 7 a.m.–7 p.m., with 36 scheduled hours per week.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice.
- A Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice is required. In Wisconsin, a valid multistate RN license may be used as outlined by Nurse Licensure Compact rules.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- Experience in healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Provide patients and families with emotional, psychological, and spiritual support.
- Complete the nursing process to promote and restore patients’ health.
- Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
- Provide physical and psychological support to patients and families.
- Supervise assigned team members.
- Establish patient care goals and promote patient independence.
- Teach patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care skills, and answer their questions.
- Evaluate health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, and make or recommend necessary adjustments.
- Follow therapeutic standards, nursing philosophies, state nursing board and nurse practice act standards, and other governing agency regulations.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid Time Off combining vacation, sick, and personal days.
- Retirement benefits, including HSHS contributions.
- Educational assistance up to $5,250 per calendar year and tuition discounts at select colleges, with no waiting period.
- Adoption assistance up to $7,500.
- Wellness program with incentives.
- Employer-paid life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Employee assistance program.
- Identity theft coverage.
- Colleague rewards and recognition program.
- Discount program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
