Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
Hold a current nursing license and registration in the state of Illinois.
Hold current CPR certification.
Be able to initiate a nursing plan of care and identify appropriate nursing interventions and evaluations.
Have a working knowledge of the Nursing Process and strong nursing practice skills, including physical assessment.
Demonstrate proficiency in clinical and technical skills specific to the assigned department.
Meet routine lifting requirements exceeding 50 pounds and be able to stand and walk for most of the shift.
Be able to lift, push, pull, sit, bend, and reach; work may involve exposure to infectious diseases.
Responsibilities
Provide professional nursing care for patients on assigned nursing units in accordance with established statutes, standards, and practices.
Apply an understanding of growth and development principles to assess each patient's age-specific needs and provide age-specific treatment and care.
Use available resources to initially assess patient needs, including biophysical, psychosocial, cultural, environmental, discharge-planning, self-care, and education needs.
Reassess patients each shift, upon transfer or discharge, and more frequently as necessary.
Follow universal precautions, infection-control, and isolation procedures, and maintain accurate, concise documentation of patient status, nursing interventions, and patient responses.
Participate in discharge planning and ensure each assigned patient has a written teaching and discharge plan covering disease process, complications, medications, diet, physical activity, and self-care needs.
Demonstrate understanding of the roles of other health care providers to meet patient needs appropriately.
Make effective nursing judgments in routine and emergency situations.
Perform other assigned roles and responsibilities.
Desired Qualifications
Clinical experience is preferred.
Meet the medium-to-heavy physical demands of the work; the position is performed indoors.
Description
Provides professional nursing care for patients on assigned nursing units, in accordance with established statutes, standards and practices.
Uses an understanding of the principles of growth and development to assess each patient's age specific needs and provide age specific treatment and care.
Utilizes all resources in the initial assessment of patient needs, including biophysical, psychosocial, cultural, environmental, discharge planning, self-care, and education.
Performs a reassessment each shift, upon transfer or discharge, and more frequently as necessary.
Practices universal precautions, infection control, and isolation procedures. Maintains accurate and concise documentation of patient status, nursing interventions, and patient responses.
Participates in discharge planning; upon discharge ensures that a written teaching/discharge plan has been developed for assigned patients, including disease process, complications, medications, diet, physical activity, and self-care needs.
Demonstrates an understanding of the role of all health care providers to appropriately meet the needs of the patient.
Demonstrates the ability to make effective nursing judgements in routine and emergency situations.
Other roles and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
Education and Experience:
Licensed and current registration in the state of Illinois.
Current CPR certification.
Clinical experience preferred.
Required Skills/Abilities:
Ability to initiate a nursing plan of care and identify appropriate nursing interventions and evaluations.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Excellent working knowledge of the Nursing Process and strong nursing practice skills, including physical assessment.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Demonstrated proficiency in clinical and technical skills specific to the assigned department
Physical Requirements:
Work is of medium to heavy demand.
Routine lifting requirements of a minimum of more than 50 pounds.
Stands and walks for most of the shift.
Lifting, pushing, pulling, sitting, bending, and reaching required.