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Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Resource Registered Nurse - ICU Float Pool

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Two years of intensive care unit registered nurse experience is specified for the ICU schedule.
  • A registered nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices is required.
  • Basic Life Support certification for Healthcare Providers, issued by the American Heart Association, is required.
  • Completion of an accredited or approved program in Nursing is required.
  • Typically, one year of clinical nursing experience is required.
  • Demonstrate progression in providing holistic patient care with a patient- and family-focused perspective.
  • Recognize clinical situations requiring unplanned interventions and respond confidently, promptly, and flexibly.
  • Use computer skills, electronic mail, and electronic medical record systems proficiently.
  • Demonstrate written and verbal communication, listening, and interpersonal skills.
  • Develop rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with patients, team members, and physicians; take initiative and collaborate with others.
  • Make critical, independent decisions effectively.
  • Demonstrate organization, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
  • Manage time and multitask in an environment with frequent interruptions.
  • Demonstrate coordination, collaboration, delegation, and team-building skills.
  • Maintain annual educational requirements for hospital-based certifications.
  • Frequently sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above the shoulders, and twist throughout the workday.
  • Lift up to 50 pounds from floor to waist and up to 20 pounds overhead; carry up to 40 pounds a reasonable distance.
  • Push and pull with 30 pounds of force and perform a sliding transfer of 150 pounds with a second person present.
  • Use foot pedals on carts or machines and operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.
  • Work with possible exposure to chemicals, hazardous waste, blood, body fluids, and communicable diseases, wearing protective clothing and equipment as necessary.
  • Have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch, and fine hand manipulation skills for intravenous insertion and other procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Use the nursing process to assess patient needs, plan and implement individualized interventions, and evaluate the plan of care; include patients and families in planning and implementation and maintain therapeutic relationships throughout the healthcare continuum.
  • Anticipate and recognize significant changes in a patient's condition, status, and care needs; assess patients continuously, respond to changes, adjust the care plan, mobilize resources, and collaborate with healthcare team members to coordinate patient-centered care.
  • Implement strategies to reduce patient risk and increase safety; assess patient and family readiness to learn, individualize the approach, and collaborate on strategies to meet learning needs.
  • Coordinate discharge planning using an interdisciplinary approach; apply evidence-based practice and incorporate nursing and regulatory standards of care.
  • Evaluate patient, team, and unit outcomes; take appropriate action when changes are needed; and support shared governance initiatives to improve processes and patient outcomes.
  • Communicate effectively, provide feedback, resolve conflicts, promote collaboration among healthcare team members, assume a leadership role in the care team, and delegate appropriately to unlicensed personnel.
  • Promote a culture of safety by identifying threats and intervening to prevent patient harm, reporting safety events and near misses promptly, and helping implement corrective actions for potential safety issues.
  • Apply ethical decision-making, show respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines, and contribute as an effective patient-care team member to an integrated, unbiased, individualized approach to care.
  • Participate in quality and process improvement initiatives to improve department functions and the patient-care experience.
  • Participate in professional activities that support personal development and the development of others; seek teaching, coaching, and mentoring; attend required meetings and educational programs; and complete annual competencies on time.
  • Provide care appropriate to patients' ages by applying knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan, assessing and interpreting patient-status information, and meeting age-specific care needs in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
  • Float among supported acute-care facilities within the defined market, either day to day or on six-week assignments.

About the Company

Advocate Health Care

Nonprofit health system delivering comprehensive care

Advocate Health Care is a faith-based nonprofit health system serving Illinois and Wisconsin with a network of hospitals, clinics, and providers. It delivers a broad range of medical services using current techniques and ongoing research, coordinated through clinical integration. The organization offers financial advocacy and assistance to help uninsured or underinsured patients manage hospital bills. Its goal is to improve patient care and expand access by combining high-quality medical services, financial support, and a commitment to clinical excellence.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$18M
Headquarters
Oak Brook, IL
Founded
1976

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