Registered Nurse (RN)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides compassionate emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. The role promotes and restores patient 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 supports patient independence by establishing care goals, teaching patients and their friends and families about conditions, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions. The nurse assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against care goals and standards, recommending or making adjustments as needed, and following nursing philosophies and standards established by the state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agencies. This is a full-time Med Surge nursing role at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. The schedule is nights, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with 36 scheduled hours per week. Pay is listed as $34.00–$51.00 per hour; actual pay depends on relevant experience, skills, training, certifications, and education.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice.
- Be licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of practice.
- Hold Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Wisconsin applicants may practice with a valid multistate RN license as outlined in Nurse Licensure Compact rules.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- Experience in healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
- Complete the nursing process to promote and restore patients’ health.
- Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
- Provide physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families.
- Supervise assigned team members.
- Establish patient care goals and promote patient independence.
- Teach patients, friends, and family members about conditions, medications, and self-care skills, and answer their questions.
- Adhere to therapeutic standards and measure health outcomes against patient care goals and standards.
- Make or recommend necessary care adjustments and follow applicable nursing philosophies, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage for eligible full-time and part-time colleagues.
- Paid Time Off combining vacation, sick, and personal days.
- Retirement benefits, including HSHS contributions.
- Educational assistance of up to $5,250 per calendar year and tuition discounts at select colleges, with no waiting period.
- Adoption assistance of 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.
- ID 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
Associate degree
