Registered Nurse- Family Care Center

Beloit Health System is adding to our team in our Family Care Center with immediate openings for a Registered Nurse at Beloit Memorial Hospital.

• Shift: Varied
• Schedule:
  
  12 hour shifts, 7a-7p or 7p to 7a
• Hours per week:
  Per Diem
  - Varied
• Benefits Status:
  Not Eligible
• Department:
  Family Care Center

The Registered Nurse will provide primary nursing care for patients in our fast‑paced Family Care Center. This includes care for labor & delivery, level II nursery, post‑partum, and pediatric patients.

• Monitor the vitals of labor and delivery patients, both mother and baby, including assessing fetal heart rate and maternal health.
• Provide care to laboring mothers including pain management and comforting.
• Assist during labor at the direction of the physician.
• Provide postpartum care including newborn care and recovery.
• Administer intermittent and continuous IV medications and monitor condition changes to optimize patient recovery and accurately document in the EMR.
• Plan, coordinate, supervise and provide care for clients throughout their life span within the framework of the well/illness continuum.
• Appropriately assess basic physical, psychological and social needs of patients and their families.
• Effectively plan patient care and consistently implement the patient’s plan of care.
• Accurately evaluate patient’s health status in relation to outcomes of nursing interventions/medical therapies.
• Provide patient/family education appropriately.
• Strictly adhere to infection control policies including body substance isolation and blood borne pathogen precautions.
• Actively participate in Quality Improvement programs.
• Perform unit specific duties according to established unit-based competencies.
• Complete documentation according to policy.
• Effectively set goals and priorities for provision of care to a group of patients according to acuity.
• Ensure patient safety while handling, transporting and providing medications to patients; protect patients from hazards, falls, disease exposure, etc.
• Demonstrate ability to perform functions accurately and efficiently with computer software application appropriate to position. Other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• ADN, Diploma, BSN, or MSN degree acceptable.
• State of Wisconsin nursing licensure, compact license or temporary permit required. (If a compact license, application for a State of Wisconsin nursing license must be initiated within 30 days from start date).
• Must be CPR certified within 3 months of hire.
• 1-2 years of medical/surgical experience, labor & delivery experience, or pediatric experience preferred.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) Certifications to be obtained within 12 months of hire.
• When placed on call during a regular scheduled shift, must be able to arrive within 30 minutes of being called in.
• Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply proper procedures to Beloit Health System policies.
• Employee possesses the training, knowledge, and skills necessary to perform activities for patients in neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.
• Successful completion of pre‑placement physical examination.
• Physical effort includes full range of body motion, standing, walking for extended periods, lifting patients up to 25 lbs, pushing transport carts weighing 50–200 lbs.
• Requires manual and finger dexterity and eye‑hand coordination.
• Requires vision and hearing sufficient to perform job duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Requires working in sometimes stressful conditions or irregular hours.
• Requires exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.

Clinical Manager and/or Department Director.

The mission of Beloit Health System requires the employee to perform in a manner which ensures delivery of the highest quality of medical services at an economic value and at the highest level of patient satisfaction. Respect and consideration given to the dignity of each patient, visitor, and fellow employee is a requisite of successful job performance.