RN - Observation Unit (weekend nights)

GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL•Gibson City, IL

8d•$30 - $48

About The Position

The staff RN is a professional practitioner who functions as both a caregiver and care manager. In the caregiver role, the RN assumes responsibility for a group of patients for a designated time frame implementing the Nursing Process and therapeutic use of self. In the dominant role of care manager, the RN directs and oversees the care of other caregivers (nurses and non-nurses) via delegation, coordination, supervision, validation, and evaluation. Weekend and Holiday Rotation required based on Unit need.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. BSN is preferred with current Illinois licensure.
Appropriate nursing practice/experience (in past 3 years) or evidence of successful refresher program.
BLS/CPR, PALS and ACLS certification required within six months of hire if not current.

Responsibilities

Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic and cognitive status.
Formulates or individualizes a predefined, goal directed standard of initiating priority nursing/diagnoses/patient care problems and pre-established physiologic and cognitive patient outcome.
Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent and continuous manner by utilization of/adherence to pre-determined standards which define the structure, process and desired patient outcomes of nursing process.
Evaluates effectiveness of self, care given by all health care team members, and contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in progressing patients toward desired outcomes.
Demonstrates competency in select psychomotor skills adhering to predefined written procedures.
Identifies patient learning needs, readiness for learning, instruction and patient teaching in meeting patient self care needs as defined in standards of care and patient teaching protocols.
Performs documentation responsibilities following all existing structure standards and guidelines for forms used in the Division of Nursing and specially assigned clinical areas.
Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient’s rights, as identified within the institution.
Functions with an awareness of and adherence to safety requirements as identified in existing standards.
Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
Demonstrates applied knowledge base, in areas of structure standards, patient care recourses/references, protocols, pertinent drugs, standards of care, and significant lab values.
Demonstrates an awareness of self responsibility, & accountability for own professional practice within the Illinois Practice Act.
Participates actively in staff development activities, sharing knowledge with others and using appropriate teaching/learning strategies to assist peers.
Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of professional practice and patient care and strives to manage situations in a reduced-risk manner.
Seeks validation of knowledge base, skill level, and decision making as necessary and assertively requests guidance in areas of question.
Participates in development and attainment of Unit and Department of Nursing goals.
Participates in standards at both generic and unit specific levels, demonstrates an attitude of acceptance/importance of standards in all professional practice, strives to achieve minimum compliance levels, and uses evidence based practice measures with sound clinical judgment.
Actively involves self in quality assessment activities at the generic and unit levels through data sources and compliance peer review monitoring.
Demonstrates appropriate delegation of patient care activities in the direction of health care team members and functions effectively to supervise assigned coworkers, implementing required validation techniques.
Demonstrates willingness and ability to effectively coordinate patient care/unit activities among nursing peers and between nursing, physicians, and support services as a care manager and patient advocate.
Demonstrates effective organization and priority setting abilities in using self, human, and material resources in a time oriented and cost efficient manner.
Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills by implementing existing communication methods (i.e. staff meetings, communication boards, etc.) and attempting to receive and give information in a timely, concise, clear and positive manner.
Formulates and promotes use of effective working relationships with all health care team members, patients, and families.
Demonstrates appropriate use of lines of authority in clinical and operational matters when seeking direction, validating self decision making, and resolving problematic issues.
Remains flexible in staffing patterns and resolution of staffing conflicts; participates in temporary assignment measures in division of nursing.
Demonstrates problem identification skills using existing QI tools/methods; demonstrates sound clinical and operational decision-making ability based on current Standards and resulting in prompt action/resolution.
Demonstrates an attitude of seeking knowledge and rationale for actions and shows ability to apply theory/data to the clinical setting.