Registered Nurse; RN), Acuity

Registered Nurse (RN), Flexible Acuity, Full-time Nights

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time night-shift Registered Nurse for our Flexible Acuity Unit at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, IN.

Type: Full-Time/FTE 0.9 (36 hrs/wk)
Shift: Nights
Shift Details: 7p-7:30a, Every 3rd Weekend

At Beacon Health System, you’re not just part of a team, you’re part of something bigger. Every patient interaction is a chance to lead with compassion, build trust, and create lasting impact. Here, your expertise supports healing, and your heart connects us to the communities we serve.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance through Cigna
• Life Insurance
• 403(b) Matching Retirement Fund
• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Shift Differentials
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition and Certification Reimbursement
• Clinical Ladder Program
• Local and National Discounts
• Beacon Academy Educational Courses
• Gym Membership Discount

About Elkhart Hospital:
Elkhart General Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital located in Elkhart, Indiana. Our full-service, 357-licensed-bed hospital has served the community for more than 100 years with a variety of services including:
Emergency Department; radiology; orthopedics; maternity, pregnancy and childbirth; behavioral health; imaging and lab; genetic counseling; da Vinci robotic surgery.

What You’ll Do
:
As a Flexible Acuity Unit Registered Nurse, you’ll report to the Manager of Patient Care Services and provide professional nursing services. You will assess the needs of patients and initiate, implement and evaluate individualized plans of care.

• Performs the priority (high risk, high frequency) technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.
• Establish and/or revise priorities for job/patient care activities based on the acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request, consideration of other department or staff priorities, timelines and plans.
• Respond to data indicating potential or actual risk to an individual's physical or emotional health by initiating action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk.
• Advocate for the patient or family when necessary to achieve appropriate outcomes.
• Maintain accountability for own and delegated actions and decisions.
• Seek supervision, consultation, or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently
• Use internal and/or external resources to resolve and/or prevent problems that cannot be managed independently.
• Develop or revise a plan of care for assigned patients based on initial and ongoing data.
• Initiate or maintain interventions to assure continuity of safe and effective care for patients across the entire continuum of care.
• Modify, continue or discontinue interventions, goals, or time frames, according to evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency and/or patient satisfaction.
• Document, consistently and within established guidelines, assessments, interventions, actions, data collection results and outcomes of interventions.
• Uses interpersonal communication strategies with all members of the team in order to achieve desirable and acceptable outcomes or responses and perception of satisfaction by those involved.
• Delegates to other staff members based upon acuity/complexity of need, role definition and ability to perform, and the collective needs of patients, families and unit.
• Maintain awareness of advances in clinical specialty.
• Contributes to the department's ability to achieve and maintain clinical excellence, customer-focused service excellence, fiscal responsibility, innovative and talented people, and the best place to work.
• Contribute to the development of co-workers through positive role modeling, resource assistance and direct feedback.

What You Bring
:
You bring a high level of knowledge and competency in performing nursing care procedures, assessments, treatment and techniques. As a Registered Nurse, your advanced analytical skills are necessary to solve complex problems and make decisions related to patient care.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana.
• Candidates hired after January 1, 2014, must have or obtain a BSN within five (5) years of employment as a Registered Nurse or will have the option to become certified in their area of specialty.

The Beacon Way:
At Beacon Health System, our approach to care goes beyond clinical excellence because it’s built on meaningful connections. Guided by our core values of trust, respect, integrity, and compassion, we strive to create an environment where patients feel heard, employees feel valued, and innovation thrives.