Registered Nurse, Sub Acute Skilled Nursing Unit - Part Time

OVERVIEW Provide advanced, patient-centered nursing care while working closely with physicians and the healthcare team to assess, treat, educate, and support patients and families throughout their care journey. This role also serves as a clinical leader by mentoring team members, improving patient care practices, supporting quality initiatives, and helping create a positive, collaborative healthcare environment.

Schedule:

16-hours per week

Shift: 8 hours days, two days per week

Location:

Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center, Harvard, ILPay Range: $34.45 - $51.68

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 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.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred.

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURELicensed as an RN in state of practice

Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days Other certification(s) per unit requirements. For example: ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRPADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Passing the Driver’s License Check and/or Credit Check (for those positions requiring).Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and/or IL Health Care Workers Background Check. Must be able to follow written/oral instructions.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

May include color blind test (per department guidelines)
WORK ENVIRONMENT The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Occupational Exposure:
Category A - All partners in the specified job classification have occupational exposure.

AGE OF PATIENTS SERVEDNeonate (birth – 28 days)
Infant (29 days – less than 1 year) Pediatric (1 year – 12 years)
Adolescents (13 years – 17 years)
Adult (18 years – 64 years) Geriatric (65 years and older)
INFORMATION ACCESS Partner may access patient care information needed to perform their job duties.

WORK CONTACT GROUPPartners, physicians, patients/family, visitors, vendors SPECIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS 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:
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…