Clinical Nurse IP - Overnights

Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System; Winnebago (NE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System seeks a Registered Nurse to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team focused on patient-centered care. The RN will manage admission assessments, care plans and interventions with emphasis on health literacy and disease prevention.

The role requires Nebraska RN licensure (ADN required, BSN preferred) and certifications in BLS/ACLS/PALS, with responsibilities spanning inpatient, outpatient, and discharge

Qualifications

• Nebraska RN license or multi-state license
• Associate degree in nursing required; BSN preferred; student loan forgiveness available
• BLS, ACLS, PALS certifications

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the WCHS core mission, vision and values
• Function as primary care Nurse and assume charge nurse duties to provide optimal patient care
• Complete comprehensive initial admission assessment
• Create Nursing Care plan based on initial assessment
• Provide interventions as ordered by MD/NP/PA
• Evaluate patient response and notify provider as needed
• Obtain specimen collection
• Generate consults to appropriate discipline
• Assist with discharge planning
• Provide vaccines before discharge
• Provide discharge instructions and follow-up care
• Float to areas of need (Outpatient, ER) or assist with emergency response
• Make decisions in matters of significance
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Patient education

Team collaboration

Care coordination

Education

Associate's degree in Nursing (ADN)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred

Tools

EMR software

Job description

Job Purpose & Position Overview

TheInpatientClinicalNursepossesses the ability to objectively assess,plan,implement,and evaluate nursing care as a licensed Registered Nurse.TheRegistered Nurse also works in collabora tion with a multi-disciplinary medical team focused on providing “patient centered” care by identification of psycho-social needs,continuity of care related to disease prevention and chronic disease management an d provides patient education to promote Health Literacy.

Specific Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the WCHS core mission,visionand values
• To function as primary care Nurse, and assume responsibility of charge nurse duties in order to provideoptimalquality of patient care
• Completes comprehensive initialadmission assessment
• Creates Nursing Care plan based on identified or remarkable initialobjective assessment
• Provides interventions as ordered by the Medical Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant
• Evaluates patient response to intervention and promptly notifies Medical Provider of patient condition whenever necessary
• Obtains specimen collection
• Generates consults to appropriate disciplinebased oninitialadmission assessment findings
• Assists with Discharge planning
• Provides patient disease preventable vaccines before discharge
• Provides Discharge Instructions related to disease process and home management, and follow-up appointments with their Primary Care Provider to ensure continuity of care
• Demonstrates ability to float to area of need to meet patient demand (Outpatient, Emergency Room) and/or assistswith Emergency Response Preparedness operations
• Makes decisions in matters of significance
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Nebraska or multi state licensure in a nurse licensure compact state.
• Associate’s degree in nursing required. Bachelorsof Science in Nursing preferred. STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS AVAILABLE.
• Certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Physical Requirements:

• Normal to heavy work which includes the ability to lift up to 20-50 lbs.Liftingand/or transferring of patients may involve heavy lifting.
• Regularly required to walk, stand, and sit for extended periods of time and use hands to operatecomputerkeyboard, phone, and various office or medical equipment.
• Manual dexterity with cooperativelyfree range of motion of all extremities including neck, fingers, hands, wrists, elbows, arms, shoulders, waist, legs, hips, knee joints, ankles, and feet isrequired.
• Fine motor skills required.

Mental Requirements:

• Reading, writing, calculating
• Above average social interaction skills
• Reasoning/Analysis
• Works with minimal to no supervision

Language Requirements:

• Must possessthe ability to read, write, and speak the English language fluently.
• Must be able to continually and effectively employ professional verbal and written communication skills.

Certificates, Licenses & registrations:

• All applicants will comply with 45 CFR 1301, Subpart D, Section 1301.31, C and D, which require all prospective employees to sign a declaration prior to employment regarding all arrests and convictions of child abuse or violent felonies and to comply with PL 101-630 and PL 101-637 regarding criminal records check.

Please note the position description duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.