RN - Mental Health Unit; Inpatient

Overview

The staff Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility for a group of patients for a designated time frame and provides care to these patients via the utilization of the nursing process, nursing trends, technology, financial and human resources within the philosophy of the institution.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 30 days (American Heart Association)
• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Education:
  
  College Diploma in Nursing or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

• Performs all responsibilities and duties required by unit as specific to the scope of service.
• Implements procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
• Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care to assure integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
• Completes initial assessment upon patient admission and develops an appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards and patient/family needs.
• Implements plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
• Modifies plan of care based on continuous evaluation.
• Takes responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
• Communicates with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues.
• Offers constructive feedback to assist in professional development of peers and confers with colleagues to expand knowledge base.
• Identifies own learning needs and takes initiative to begin appropriate solutions.
• Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies.
• Receives patient Bedside Shift Report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring inclusion of patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment, and updating the patient communication board.
• Delegates patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned HCT and validates completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift.
• Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities such as assessments, interpretation of vital signs, physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding, care plan documentation, and patient education.
• Meets Carle Med/Surg RN documentation standards for each assigned patient.
• Provides patient medication utilizing the patient 5 Rights:
  Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose, and Right Time.
• Maintains patient safety as highest priority by ensuring compliance with fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precaution, and ambulation safety.
• Effectively communicates within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, patient care coordination, and patient safety.
• Effectively manages time to enable quick admission/discharge processes and facilitates completion of patient preparation for safe discharge disposition.

The compensation range for this position is $36.8 to $59.89 per hour. The final compensation offered to a candidate will depend on experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked, and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more, visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E‑Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization.

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