Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Hold current registered nurse licensure in Wisconsin.
Obtain Basic Life Support certification; obtain Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications within one year of hire.
Meet health requirements.
Frequently stand and walk; frequently lift, push, and pull up to 10 pounds; occasionally lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds when moving equipment or providing patient care.
Occasionally bend to the floor, squat, kneel, crouch, and reach overhead to assist with patient care or retrieve equipment and supplies.
Frequently reach in front of the body while assisting patients and using equipment.
Have fine motor skills to operate monitors and computers and provide patient care, including starting intravenous lines.
Occasionally use spatial, peripheral, color, accommodation, and depth-perception vision; frequently use near and far vision to review patient records, computer screens, charts, test results, gauges, and monitors; occasionally adapt vision from computer work to patient care.
Frequently use simple reading skills and normal conversation; frequently hear low-volume speech from patients and telephone conversations with healthcare team members, physicians, and family members; occasionally use complex reading, writing, and math skills to acquire, communicate, and apply knowledge for quality patient care.
Work closely with staff, patients, and visitors; work alone in stressful situations; frequently solve problems, analyze information, exercise judgment, and apply critical thinking to lab values, patient-condition changes, and environmental factors; occasionally rotate shifts, work overtime, or be on call.
Work in an indoor patient environment with continual exposure, occasional unpleasant odors or noises, occasional low light or glare, and occasional exposure to infectious blood or body fluids, diseases, and needles, syringes, or sharps while administering medications or assisting with treatments and invasive procedures.
Responsibilities
Coordinate patient care with multidisciplinary team members to promote health and continuity of care in a cost-efficient manner.
Provide direct nursing care to individual patients and assist patients' families as directed by the nursing and medical plan of care, using the nursing process and professional nursing standards and guidelines.
Communicate with patients, families, and multidisciplinary team members to provide current information, promote effective coping behaviors, and evaluate patients' responses to care.
Continuously plan and direct patient care and manage conflicts or difficult situations.
Desired Qualifications
A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.
Advanced certification is preferred.
Our Med Surg Department is looking for a RN to join their fantastic team!
Schedule: 36 hours per week!
Specific Hours: 7p-7A Every Third weekend & Rotating Holidays
Position Summary:
The RN coordinates patient care with multidisciplinary team members to facilitate health promotion and continuity of care in a cost-efficient manner. Provides direct nursing care to individuals patients and assists patient family as directed by the nursing and medical plan of care utilizing the nursing process and according to the standards and guidelines established by professional nursing organizations. The RN communicates with the patient, family, and multidisciplinary team members to provide up-to-date information, promotes effective coping behaviors, and evaluates the patient's response to implemented care. Patient populations cared for include, newborn, infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.
Education and Training Required:
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
Current RN licensure in the state of Wisconsin.
BLS certified, PALS and ACLS within one year of hire.
Advanced Certification preferred.
Meets health requirements.
Physical Requirements:
Frequent standing and walking.
Frequent lifting, pushing and pulling up to 10 pounds.
Occasionally lifting, pushing and pulling up to 50 pounds when moving equipment or providing patient care.
Occasionally bend to the floor, squat, kneel, crouch and reach overhead to assist with patient care or retrieve equipment or supplies.
Frequent reaching in front of body while assisting patients and using equipment.
Fine motor skills needed to operate equipment, such as monitors and computers and to provide patient care, such as starting IV's.
Sight:
Occasionally use sight capacities, including spatial, peripheral, colors, accommodation and depth perception.
Frequently use near and far vision while reviewing patient records, computer screens, charts, hemoccult results, gauges on patient equipment, monitors, etc.
Occasional adaptation from computer to patient care.
Cognition/Communication:
Frequently utilizes simple reading skills, normal conversations.
Frequently is exposed to low volume speech with patients and telephone conversations with other members of the healthcare team, physicians, and family members.
Occasional complex reading, writing and math skills to acquire communicate and use knowledge and skills necessary to provide quality patient care.
Environmental Conditions:
Continual exposure to an inside, patient environment with occasional unpleasant odors or noises.
Occasional exposure to low light or glare conditions.
Potential Hazards:
Occasional exposure to low light or glare conditions.
Occasional exposure to infectious blood/body fluids and diseases requiring infection control practices, red infectious waste.
Occasional exposure to needles/syringes/sharps during medication administration, assistance with treatments, invasive procedures.
Psychological, Situational, Functional Factors:
Continuous need to work closely with others, including staff, patients and visitors.
Ability to work alone in stressful situations.
Frequent problem solving, analyzing, use of judgment and critical thinking in regard to lab values, changes of patient condition, environmental factors, flexibility.
Occasionally able to rotate shifts, work overtime, be on call.
Continuously plan and direct patient care, manage conflict or difficult situations
Benefits:
RAMC offers an extensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and families.
We are committed to fostering a supportive and balanced work environment that encourages professional growth and personal well-being. Our focus on employee health and satisfaction is a cornerstone of our success.