Registered Nurse (RN)

Hospital Sisters Health System • Springfield, IL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides compassionate patient care by offering emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. The RN promotes and restores health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support, and supervising assigned team members. The RN promotes patient independence by establishing care goals, teaching patients and their support networks about conditions, medications, and self-care, and answering questions. The role assures quality of care by following therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against care goals and standards, making or recommending adjustments, and adhering to nursing philosophies and standards set by the state board of nursing, the state nurse practice act, and other governing agencies.

This position is in the Med Surge department at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. It is scheduled for 36 hours per week, with night shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

HSHS describes its culture as grounded in respect, care, competence, and joy, with a focus on patients and continual improvement through advanced technologies and treatments. Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for benefits.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice.
• Hold a Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice. In Wisconsin, a valid multi-state 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 is preferred.
• Experience in healthcare is preferred.

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; answer their questions.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring outcomes against care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following applicable nursing philosophies, standards, and regulations.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage for eligible 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- and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Identity theft coverage.
• Colleague rewards and recognition program.
• Discount program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed