Registered Nurse-Float Pool Part Time Nights
About The Position
The Staff Nurse Inpatient reflects Northwestern Medicine’s mission, vision, and values, follows its Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with applicable policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulatory and accreditation standards. This clinically competent registered professional nurse prescribes, delegates, and coordinates care for acutely ill patients through the nursing process. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, physicians, ancillary staff, and other health team members to develop, deliver, document, and evaluate individualized care. The role also involves participation in shared governance, committees, and unit projects, and using available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or an associate degree in Nursing (ADN) 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.
- Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to collaborate with others.
- Strong analytic abilities.
- Emergency Room roles additionally require ACLS and PALS/ENPC and TNCC within one year of hire.
- Pediatric Emergency Room roles additionally require Pediatric Advanced Life Support and TNCC within one year of hire.
- Prepost PACU Department addendum: PALS and ACLS.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the specific clinical area.
- For Emergency Room and Pediatric Emergency Room roles: Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS), Emergency Communications Registered Nurse, Certified Pediatric Nurse, or Certified Emergency Nurse.
Responsibilities
- Prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care for acutely ill patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation.
- Interact effectively with patients, significant others, and health team members while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice.
- Collect and analyze 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 a documented care plan 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.
Benefits
- Northwestern Medicine describes a wide range of benefits supporting employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being, with further details provided through its benefits information page.
- The company description mentions tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, 401(k) matching, and lifecycle benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Associate degree
