Urgent Care RN

Rockford Health Physicians•Roscoe, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Urgent Care RN utilizes the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients. This role involves performing assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care. The RN administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies, procedures, standards of care, and state laws and practice acts. Ensuring accurate and comprehensive documentation is crucial, as is developing, initiating, and executing a patient plan of care according to individual needs, physician orders, and hospital policy. The position requires utilizing available resources for patient and family education, providing information at an appropriate level of understanding. Participation in department or unit performance improvement activities, including shared governance, is expected. The RN will use clinical expertise and guidance to support the patient's longitudinal plan of care across units and departments, acting to resolve systems breakdowns and engaging in problem-solving. Critical thinking regarding patient safety and experience is essential, as is managing complex situations and delegating appropriately. Escalation to the appropriate chain of command is necessary. The role involves positively influencing professional and organizational environments and shared governance, engaging in personal development, and supporting continuous learning and growth opportunities, including developing or revising evidence-based practice guidelines. Support for peer review and feedback is also part of the role. Clinic and Ambulatory RNs will maintain timely patient flow, respond to telephone calls, and perform telephone triage.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
ADN upon hire, BSN preferred.
Licensed as an RN in state of practice.
Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.
May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify per department guidelines.
10 hours of continued education as for IL licensure.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Other certification or certifications per unit requirements. For example : ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP.

Responsibilities

Utilizes the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
Performs assessments, planning, intervention and evaluation of care.
Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and state laws and practice act as required by care setting.
Ensures all documentation is accurate and comprehensive in accordance with the established standards of care for documentation at the system and entity levels.
Develops initiates and executes a patient plan of care according to the patient individualized needs, as prescribed by the physician along with hospital policy.
Utilizes resources available to teach and support patient and family education.
Provides education to the appropriate level of understanding.
Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, which may include shared governance.
Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units and departments in support of the patient longitudinal plan of care.
Acts to resolve systems breakdowns and engages self and others in providing solutions.
Utilizes critical thinking in regards to patient safety and patient experience, manages complex situations and delegates to other staff appropriately.
Escalates to the appropriate chain of command as needed.
Positively influences the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
Engages in personal development and supports system-entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth including developing or revising evidence based practice guidelines.
Supports and participates in peer review and peer feedback opportunities.
Maintains timely flow of patients, in addition to responding to telephone calls and performs telephone triage of patients.