Registered Nurse (RN) - Women & Infant Services (PRN)

Hospital Sisters Health System • Litchfield, IL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Women & Infant Services unit. Ideal candidates are patient-focused, mission-driven caregivers looking for an opportunity to apply clinical knowledge to assist in the delivery of newborns in conjunction with providing emotional and medical support for the mother during labor with a variety including high risk patients. Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and emotional support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice is required.
• Experience in Labor and Delivery Required.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in state of practice is required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
• ACLS Required.
• NRP Required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of newborns.
• Provide emotional and medical support for the mother during labor, including high-risk patients.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote and restore patients' health by completing the nursing process.
• Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
• Provide physical and emotional support to patients, friends, and families.
• Supervise assigned team members.
• Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals.
• Teach patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills.
• Answer patient questions.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards.
• Measure health outcomes against patient care goals and standards.
• Make or recommend necessary adjustments to care plans.
• Follow nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need.
• Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions.
• Education Assistance benefits include up to $5,250 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.
• Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!
• Wellness program with incentives.
• Employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• ID theft coverage.
• Colleague rewards and recognition program.
• Discount program.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree