Registered Nurse Observation Unit Full time Nights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • Winfield, IL

16h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in Northwestern Medicine’s 16-bed 3 South Observation Unit, a fast-paced environment caring for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses and illnesses. Nurses rapidly evaluate patients to determine whether they can be safely discharged or need transfer to an inpatient unit, and coordinate discharge planning with multiple disciplines.

The Staff Nurse Inpatient is a clinically competent registered professional nurse who plans, coordinates, delegates, and provides nursing care to acutely ill patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The role interacts with patients, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice and adhering to Northwestern Medicine’s mission, values, Code of Ethics, compliance program, policies, and applicable regulatory and accreditation standards.

This is a full-time overnight position, 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m., with rotating weekends.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate with others.
• Strong analytic abilities.
• An Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) is acceptable with a commitment to obtain a BSN from an accredited program within three years of the first day of employment in a clinical nurse role.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in an Observation unit.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data, identify expected outcomes, develop and implement individualized plans, coordinate care delivery, and evaluate progress.
• Direct care and determine the appropriate utilization of assistants involved in direct patient care.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff.
• Create and document plans focused on outcomes and service-delivery decisions, including 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.
• Rapidly evaluate observation patients to determine safe discharge or potential transfer to an inpatient unit.
• Coordinate patient discharge planning with multiple disciplines.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Loan forgiveness
• 401(k) matching
• Lifecycle benefits
• Benefits to support physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time