RN - Same Day Surgery FT Days/Evenings

Humboldt Park Health•Chicago, IL

21h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time Registered Nurse position in Same Day Surgery, with shifts typically falling on days and evenings. The role involves flexible start times and 8 to 12-hour shifts. A differential is provided for on-call duties.

Requirements

Current RN license
BLS certification
CPI training

Nice To Haves

Experience in Same Day Surgery
Familiarity with electronic health records
Strong critical thinking and advocacy skills
Ability to educate patients and families
Venipuncture skills

Responsibilities

Plans, provides, supervises and documents professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures.
Communicates and collaborates with nurses, physicians, OB Technicians and other members of the healthcare team to develop a plan of care to ensure optimal patient outcomes and continuity of care.
Charts observations and activities related to patient care in electronic health record.
Provides safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care for a patient population using critical thinking skills, advocacy abilities and ethical approaches.
Guides and directs assigned unlicensed assistive personnel in delivering interdisciplinary patient care.
Assesses signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient’s condition and reports changes to the physician.
Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, infection control and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standards.
Actively participates in Quality Assurance/Process Improvement initiatives to improve patient safety and outcomes, such as monitoring compliance of core measures, infection control practices, etc.
Educates patient/family prior to discharge regarding the diagnosis, medication and discharge instructions.
Collects blood specimens by venipuncture or microtechniques for laboratory analysis necessary for patient treatment and diagnosis.