RN - Regional Float Acute Care; Peoria

Overview

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients through the application of the nursing process.

• License/
  
  Certifications:
  
  Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA);
  Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Education:
  
  College Diploma in Nursing;
  Nursing Diploma

• Promotes the use of evidence-based practice through nursing protocols and procedures.
• Assesses patient status via interview, observation, and physical assessment of problems and outcomes.
• Develops an individualized plan of care collaboratively with patient/family and health‑care team.
• Implements interventions identified in the care plan to achieve expected patient outcomes.
• Evaluates and documents patient progress toward outcomes on an ongoing basis throughout the shift.
• Modifies the care plan as needed based on evaluation and patient condition changes.
• Completes required documentation, including patient chart and event reports.
• Demonstrates technical knowledge of equipment and troubleshoots problems when they arise.
• Shares clinical knowledge through informal teaching and in response to others’ learning needs.
• Performs bedside lab testing and quality control in compliance with provider orders and hospital policies.
• Coordinates interdisciplinary care through collaboration with team members and additional resources when necessary.
• Analyzes clinical situations systematically and obtains resources or corrects problems to meet or exceed outcomes or patient needs.
• Recognizes when assistance is needed and utilizes resources, including physician and nurse‑to‑nurse consultation, in a timely manner.
• Prioritizes work based on patient condition changes, assignments, and interruptions.
• Identifies and utilizes team resources to solve problems or meet needs.
• Organizes tasks and activities from admission to discharge according to the care plan to meet expected outcomes.
• Provides goal‑focused shift reports.
• Advocates with physicians on behalf of patients when necessary.
• Uses communication and teamwork strategies to promote high team performance and optimal patient outcomes and unit productivity.
• Selects teaching strategies appropriate to patient/family age and needs and adapts them based on response, readiness, and comprehension.
• Ensures patient safety by following policies, procedures, and National Patient Safety Goals.
• Consults appropriate hospital resources to provide specialized education.
• Utilizes the SVI patient education system for patients and families.
• Participates in data collection, analysis, and problem solving, contributing to process improvements and patient satisfaction.
• Ensures care aligns with standards of care, evidence‑based practices, national safety goals, core measures, and quality initiatives.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to identify opportunities for patient and family satisfaction improvements.
• Participates in the implementation of performance improvement initiatives.
• Promptly and efficiently follows up on patient/family requests and anticipates their needs.
• Serves on unit‑based councils.

The compensation range for this position is $36.8 per hour – $59.89 per hour. This represents a good‑faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual 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.