RN Hospital - OPS​/PACU - PRN

Overview

A Community‑Focused Critical Access Hospital with Emergency, Inpatient, and Surgical Services. Harvard Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) proudly serving our rural community with high‑quality, compassionate care. We offer:

• ASRH (Acute Stroke Ready Hospital) designation, ensuring rapid response for stroke patients
• EDAP (Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics) designation, equipped and staffed to care for pediatric emergencies
• 5‑bed Emergency Department (ED) providing 24/7 care
• 10 Inpatient Rooms + 3 ICU Rooms
• Licensed for 4 Inpatient Beds + 1 ICU Bed (flexible use of rooms)
• 2 Operating Rooms (ORs) + 1 Procedure Room
• Emergency Physicians On‑Site 24/7, Immediate, round‑the‑clock emergency care
• Hospitalist Coverage 24/7, Remote overnight support with daily on‑site rounding
• Leadership Support – Nurse leaders on site Monday‑Friday during business hours. RN House Coordinators covering nights, weekends, and any leadership gaps.

We are committed to clinical excellence and patient‑centered care, supported by a dedicated, multidisciplinary team.

• 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.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention and evaluation of care.
• Documents according to standards 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 and/or 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.
• Offers ideas and/or solutions to practice issues.
• Uses innovative methods and intuitive skills to develop and implement plans of care.
• Provides innovative ways to educate patient–families.
• Initiates interdisciplinary collaboration to meet the patient/family educational needs.
• Actively participates in mentoring and precepting new partners to the organization.
• Positively influences the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
• Engages in personal development and supports system‑entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth including developing or revising evidence‑based practice guidelines.
• Actively participates in a minimum of 1 departmental or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.

Graduate of an accredited nursing program. ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred. Minimum of 2 years experience required.

• 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, and NRP.

Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and/or IL Health Care Workers Background Check. Must be able to follow written/oral instructions. May include color‑blind test (per department guidelines).

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Carries out supervisory…