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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 1 year.
• Registered Nurse work experience.

Responsibilities

• Promote evidence-based practice through the nursing process, protocols, and procedures.
• Assess patient status through interviews, observation, and physical assessment; identify problems and outcomes.
• Develop individualized plans of care collaboratively with patients, families, and the health care team.
• Implement appropriate interventions and evaluate, document, and modify care plans based on patient progress and condition.
• Complete required documentation, including patient charts and event reports.
• Maintain professional accountability, seek resources, continue self-development, and promote the professional development of team members.
• Demonstrate technical knowledge of equipment and troubleshoot problems.
• Share clinical knowledge and teach in response to others’ learning needs.
• Apply safe patient moving and handling practices and use lift equipment appropriately, as applicable.
• Obtain adequate lab specimens and perform bedside lab testing and associated quality control in accordance with orders and hospital policies.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary patient care and obtain resources or consultation when needed.
• Prioritize work based on patient condition, assignment changes, and interruptions; manage assigned patients and resolve problems persistently.
• Organize care tasks from admission through discharge, delegate appropriately, and provide goal-focused shift reports.
• Advocate for patients with physicians when necessary and use communication and teamwork strategies to support patient outcomes and unit productivity.
• Select and adapt patient and family teaching strategies to age-specific needs, readiness, comprehension, and cultural, gender, and developmental factors.
• Promote patient safety by following policies and procedures and adhering to National Patient Safety Goals; consult hospital resources and use the SVI patient education system.
• Participate in data collection, analysis, problem solving, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Ensure care aligns with standards, evidence-based practices, patient safety goals, core measures, and other quality initiatives.
• Promote patient and family satisfaction, follow up promptly on requests, anticipate needs, and encourage service excellence among coworkers.
• Serve on unit-based councils, identify unit practice problems, apply practice changes based on literature and improvement outcomes, and complete assigned projects, audits, and data collection.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.