RN ICU

Montefiore Mount Vernon•St. Charles, IL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families and friends. The nurse monitors changing patient conditions and needs and reevaluates care objectives. The role includes planning, coordinating, documenting, and evaluating patient care; educating patients and their support networks about conditions, medications, and self-care; maintaining a safe and compliant care environment; and helping ensure patient-care equipment and supplies are available and functioning. The position is in the MMV ICU at Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, with a night schedule of 7:00 PM–7:30 AM and alternate weekends.

Requirements

Associate degree required.
New York State Registered RN licensure.
ACLS, BLS, and Infection Control certifications.
1–3 years of experience working in a clinical environment.
Knowledge of patient rights and laws relating to those rights, including HIPAA.
Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions acquired through a basic nursing preparation program.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and effectively convey information to others.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating the nursing care plan and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other providers, supporting patients and their families, and conferring with physicians.
Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical and psychological status and relevant social factors, consulting with family and friends, and setting nursing diagnoses, objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
Teach patients, family, and friends about care goals, conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions and provide information and resources.
Evaluate patient care against therapeutic and patient-care standards, review records, identify changing conditions and needs, reevaluate objectives, and modify care plans.
Assure quality care by following professional standards, organizational policies and procedures, applicable laws and regulations, and JCAHO standards, while maintaining cooperative relationships with healthcare team members.
Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient-care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and alerting others to potential concerns.
Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
Protect confidential information and caution others about potential breaches.
Keep patient-care equipment operating by following instructions and procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
Keep patient-care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, ordering and expediting supplies, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
Maintain and improve nursing knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, personal networks, benchmarking, and participation in professional societies.
Support nursing and organizational success by responding to related, different, and new requests and helping others accomplish job results.