RN - Ortho

RN - Ortho

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. Essential functions include performing all responsibilities and duties required by unit as specific to the scope of service, implementing procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice, maintaining up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team, completing initial assessment upon patient admission and developing appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards and that is based on patient and family needs, implementing plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures, modifying plan of care based upon continuous evaluation, taking responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents, communicating with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues, offering constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers, and conferring with colleagues to expand knowledge base.

Identifies own learning needs and takes initiative to begin appropriate solution. Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies.

Department specific job functions include assessing ortho and medical/surgical patients every shift, educating ortho and medical/surgical patients on wound care, proper mobility, self-care, medication management, care transition needs and any additional patient specific needs, coordinating with physician and surgeon partners on the care of ortho and medical/surgical patients, delegating and monitoring interventions of the HCT staff, setting up ortho traction and manipulating surgical traction devices for mobility and wound care, managing wound appliances such as wound vacs, drains, pouches and other urological devices.

Skills required include minimum one (1) year of relevant nursing experience. Required nursing process, nursing trends, technology, financial resource management, human resource management, documentation, patient assessment, plan of care development, nursing interventions, patient care procedures, safety reporting, safety hazard correction, communication, constructive feedback, professional development, knowledge expansion, learning initiative, departmental competencies, ortho patient assessment, medical/surgical patient assessment, wound care education, mobility education, self-care education, medication management education, care transition education, physician coordination, surgeon coordination, intervention monitoring, ortho traction setup, surgical traction device manipulation, wound appliance management, wound vac management, drain management, pouch management, urological device management, trauma 1 experience, EPIC experience.

Required education is ASN. Preferred education is BSN. Required certifications and licensure include Illinois state RN license in good standing and BLS (American Heart Assoc.). Language:
English (Speak, Read, Write).