Rn Jobs in Port St Lucie

About The Position

Requirements

• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) within 30 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) within 1 year.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) within 1 year.
• High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Provide and facilitate competent healthcare for patients and families in the area of practice.
• Ensure adherence to established standards of care and scope of practice.
• Ensure care documentation is complete and accurate.
• Provide health and wellness education to individuals and groups.
• Act as a preceptor and support the development of staff and healthcare students.
• Provide leadership for initiatives intended to improve care quality or clinical outcomes.
• Administer medications by intramuscular, oral, rectal, intravenous, subcutaneous, and inhaled routes.
• Perform ear washes, nebulizer treatments, peak flows, splint applications, crutch training, wound care, point-of-care testing, IV starts and therapy, vision screenings, EKGs, catheterizations, and suture or staple removal.
• Assist providers with procedures, including vaginal exams, suture and staple placement, and incision and drainage.
• Serve as a member of the Code Team when needed and as Nurse Lead when assigned during a shift.
• Precept new employees.
• Perform patient education and waiting-room and exam-room rounding.
• Collect and process specimens.
• Provide written instructions regarding procedures, medications, or follow-up as directed by the provider.
• Assist with prescription medication refills according to department protocols; call medications into pharmacies, notify patients of refills, and document actions in the EMR according to provider orders.
• Maintain department-specific competencies related to point-of-care testing, equipment handling, and specialty training.
• Clean instruments.
• Room patients by collecting information about the chief complaint, obtaining vital signs, and reconciling medications upon arrival.
• Perform telephone triage and necessary communications with patients, families, pharmacies, and other healthcare facilities.
• Communicate test results to patients by phone and through My Carle by working the nurse inbox.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers.