Registered Nurse (RN)- Surgical POST

Advocate Health•Milwaukee, WI

3d•$38 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates comprehensive patient care through the nursing process, delivering safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. The RN uses evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and communication skills to help create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum. The position is on Unit 3CD, a 23-bed, high-acuity post-operative medical-surgical unit, including 15 telemetry beds. The unit specializes in surgical patients in urology, colorectal, vascular, gynecology, plastics, and gastroenterology; many patients arrive from the operating room, PACU, procedural areas, or as step-down transfers from the Surgical ICU. The team emphasizes excellent clinical practice, patient outcomes, patient experience, and shared governance. The unit can offer experienced medical-surgical nurses an opportunity to advance their skills and provides a foundation for new graduate nurses seeking to grow toward more advanced clinical settings. This is a full-time position scheduled for 36 hours per week, with scheduled hours of 0700–1930. Nurses work every third weekend and every other holiday. The role is based at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited or approved nursing program.
Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Ability to meet the physical and functional requirements of the role, including frequent movement and lifting, patient handling, clinical communication and sensory abilities, and operation of equipment foot controls.
Ability to work every third weekend and every other holiday.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process.
Deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
Use evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making in patient care.
Communicate compassionately and contribute to a safe patient environment and positive patient experience across the continuum.
Respond to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary.
Participate in unit operations through the shared-governance culture, where nurses and nursing assistants have a voice in daily operations.