RN or LPN - Office Nurse - Gibson Area Medical Clinic

JOB TITLE:

RN/LPN

DEPARTMENT: GIBSON AREA MEDICAL CLINIC

HOURS & SHIFT REQUIREMENTS:
Full time;
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 36-40 hours weekly; 7:30 am - 5:00 pm.

The staff RN/LPN is a professional practitioner who functions as both a caregiver and care manager. In the caregiver role, the RN/LPN assumes responsibility for a group of patients for a designated time frame implementing the Nursing Process and therapeutic use of self. In the dominant role of care manager, the RN/LPN directs and oversees the care of other caregivers (nurses and non-nurses) via delegation, coordination, supervision, validation, and evaluation.

To provide personalized, professional healthcare services to the residents of the Communities we serve.

• Performs assessment and data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on the patient’s physiologic and cognitive status.
• Formulates or individualizes a predefined, goal consistent and continuous manner by utilization of and adherence to pre-determined standards which define the structure, process, and desired patient outcomes of nursing process.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by self and by all health care team members. Also, evaluates contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in processing patients toward desired outcomes.
• Demonstrates competency in select psychomotor skills adhering to predefined written procedures.
• Identifies patient learning needs and readiness for learning. Implements patient/significant other instruction to meet self-care needs as defined in standards of care and patient teaching protocols.
• Performs documentation responsibilities following all existing structure standards and guidelines for forms used in the Division of Nursing and specially assigned areas.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient rights, as identified within the institution.
• Functions with an awareness of and adherence to safety requirements as

identified in existing standards.

• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of structure standards, patient care resources/references, protocols, pertinent drugs, standards of care, and significant lab values.
• Demonstrates an awareness of self-responsibility and accountability for own professional practice within the Illinois Practice Act.
• Participates actively in staff development activities by sharing knowledge with others and using appropriate teaching/learning strategies to assist peers.
• Demonstrates self-directed learning and participation in continuing education to meet own professional development.
• Seeks validation of knowledge base, skill level, and decision making as necessary and assertively requests guidance in areas of question.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of professional practice and patient care and strives to manage situations in a reduced-risk manner.
• Participates in development and attainment of unit and department of nursing goals.
• Participates in development of standards at both the generic and unit specific levels, demonstrates an attitude of acceptance/importance of standards in all professional practice strives to achieve minimum compliance levels and uses “professional modification” measures with sound clinical judgment.
• Actively involves self in Performance Improvement (PI) activities at the generic and unit levels through use of data sources and compliance peer review monitoring.
• Demonstrates willingness and ability to effectively coordinate patient care/unit activities among nursing staff,…