Registered Nurse-Float Pool Full-Time Nights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare•DeKalb, IL

2d•$37 - $61•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Nurse Inpatient is a clinically competent, registered professional nurse who prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for acutely ill patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse works with patients, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice. This full-time float pool role is based at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital and is scheduled for nights, at 36 hours per week (0.9 FTE).

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.
For the Emergency Room: ACLS and PALS/ENPC and TNCC within one year of hire.
For the Pediatric Emergency Room: Pediatric Advanced Life Support and TNCC within one year of hire.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a specific clinical area.
For the Emergency Room and Pediatric Emergency Room: 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 the nursing process.
Interact effectively with patients, significant others, and other 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 toward outcomes.
Direct care and determine the appropriate utilization of assistants involved in providing direct patient care.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; create a documented, outcome-focused plan that records communications and decisions related to care and service delivery.
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 findings.
Use the best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.