Clinical Nurse Ii - Medical​/Surgical

Collective Bargaining Notice: PLEASE BE ADVISED that this position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between Cook County and the National Nurses Organizing Committee. Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, Cook County will exhaust internal eligible applicants prior to considering external applicants. Cook County is assembling a list of qualified candidates for this position that will be considered should the position not be filled with internal eligible applicants.

Stroger Hospital (Medical/Surgical - General Medicine/Infectious Disease Unit 7S)

7:00 P.M.

- 7:30 A.M.

$40.251 - $54.550 hourly (salary is commensurate with years of experience indicated at time of application submittal. Experience not disclosed or documented at the time of application will not be considered for initial step placement.)

To provide quality, compassionate, holistic care to Med surg patients with multiple health problems. We work with multidisciplinary team to accomplish our goals for those admitted to 7 South. The unit handles the Medical Oncology patients and other inpatients who may need chemotherapy. The nurses are required to participate in continuing education with clinical tools to provide evidenced-based care to our oncology patients and obtain a ONS chemotherapy Provider Card to administer chemotherapy.

Clinical Nurse II

Nursing (Med/Surg)

The Clinical Nurse II is a professional care provider who is responsible and accountable for overall management of patient care on a specific shift as well as maintaining comprehensive knowledge of patient's condition. Provides safe, effective and individualized care using the nursing process. Performance of these duties require skills, effective working relationships, setting priorities, and demonstrated knowledge of standard operating policies and procedures.

• Provides general direction, guidance and coordination of patient care activities delivered by other levels of nursing staff
• Makes appropriate and timely decisions in a crisis of emergency situation
• Works and communicates effectively with a variety of individuals
• Applies knowledge of standard operating policies and procedures
• Identifies, plan of care for the total needs of patients considering their age specific requirements
• Operates safely clinical equipment necessary for providing patient care
• Initiates and performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation activities
• Applies the principles of Infection Control and Environment of Care
• Collects assessment data relative to the following factors: biophysical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual values, environmental, self-care capabilities, safety, infection control, learning needs, and ability to manage continuing care needs after discharge
• Performs reassessments according to divisional/unit standards and patient care needs
• Performs transfer assessments when patients are transferred in or out of the unit
• Ensures completion of transfer assessments
• Performs and ensures formulation and communication of an individualized plan of care derived from assessment data.
• Utilizes assessment data in formulating age specific plan of care consistent with:
  
  A) The therapies of other disciplines;
  
  B) Standards of nursing practice
• Involves patient/significant others, and collaborates with other health care team members in planning nursing care
• Utilizes principles of growth and development across life span in formulating age specific needs of the patients: neonate/infant, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric
• Ensures collaboration and communication with patient/family and other health care team members are accomplished
• Ensures implementation of the nursing plan of care
• Performs interventions and ensures implementations are done in a competent, skillful and safe manner
• Ensures that patient's responses to interventions are evaluated and modified accordingly
• Ensures provision of interventions to meet patient identified discharge needs
• Ensures education is provided to patient and family based on assessed learning needs
• Ensures accurate documentation
• Ensures the staff records pertinent information
• Records accurately, concisely and legibly
• Signs…