Registered Nurse- Medical Floor and ICU Step Down

Registered Nurse - Medical Floor and ICU Step Down - Days

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Comprehensive Care In a Fully Equipped Community Hospital. Crystal Lake Hospital is a community-focused hospital dedicated to providing high‑quality, patient‑centered care with advanced emergency, inpatient, and surgical services. Our facility offers a dynamic and supportive environment, combining strong clinical presence with excellent leadership support. We offer:

• 7‑bed Emergency Department (plus a dedicated triage area)
• Awaiting EDAP (Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics) designation (scheduled for this fall)
• Awaiting ASRH (Acute Stroke Ready Hospital) designation
• 11 inpatient rooms + 2 ICU rooms
• 4 operating rooms (ORs)
• Hospitalists on‑site 24/7 – continuous inpatient care presence
• Emergency physicians on‑site 24/7
• Leadership support: nurse leaders on‑site Monday–Friday during business hours. RN house coordinators covering nights, weekends, and leadership gaps.

• Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws practice act.
• Documents according to standards of care.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care.
• Develops, initiates, and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by physician and or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.
• Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units’ departments in support of the patient’s longitudinal plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.
• Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions and peer review process.

Graduate of an accredited nursing program. ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred.

Licensed as an RN in state of practice. Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days. Other certification(s) per unit requirements (e.g., ACLS, PALS, PEARS, NRP).

The special physical demands are considered essential job functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. RN Hospital, RN Home Health and Hospice, RN Oncology:
The employee is regularly required to walk, talk, hear, stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and frequently lift up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. RN Clinic and Ambulatory RN’s:
The employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or smell, lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

• Comprehensive benefits package, including retirement plan with matching contribution, medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, flexible spending plans, and various discounted voluntary benefit options.
• Competitive compensation and shift differential and special pay incentive programs.
• Paid time off with increases based on milestone anniversaries.
• Career advancement opportunities and educational assistance programs.
• Employee wellbeing initiatives and resources.
• Additional benefits including employee assistance programs, discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on‑demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education.