Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiac Short Stay - PT Nights

Memorial Home Services; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 39,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Springfield Memorial Hospital is seeking a Part Time Night Shift Registered Nurse for the Cardiac Short Stay Unit (6B). The unit features on-site telemetry, rapid patient turnover, and frequent admissions/discharges. Expect to assess, teach, administer IVs and medications, and monitor cardiopulmonary patients in a Magnet hospital.

Licensure as an Illinois RN and current BLS/CPR certification are required. The role offers a sign-on bonus and a demand for compassionate, patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Licensed as RN in Illinois.
• Current BLS/CPR certification per policy.

Responsibilities

• Provide care on a fast-paced Cardiac Short Stay Unit (6B) with admissions and discharges.
• Perform IV insertions, dressing changes and assessments.
• Interpret labs and monitor telemetry for cardiopulmonary diagnoses.
• Administer medications and provide patient teaching.

Skills

Cardiac monitoring

IV therapy

Patient assessment

Telemetry

Medication administration

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) license

Tools

EMR/EHR

Job description

*** SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE ***

This is a Part Time Night Shift Position

(Two 12 hour shifts per week, every third weekend rotation)

Registered Nurse - Cardiac Short Stay Unit (6B) is a fast paced, quick turnaround unit with frequent admissions and discharges. All beds have "on-site" telemetry monitoring. Many opportunities for assessments, teaching, IVs, chest tubes, dressings, analysis of laboratory values and medication administration and management. Patient population is primarily focused on cardiopulmonary diagnosis such as Chest pain, Acute onset Afib, Heart failure, COPD, Asthma, Pneumonia, Acute PE/DVT. Cath lab and CVOR post procedural patients such as Cardiac stents, Ablations, Watchmans, Pacemaker/ICD insertion and Video Assisted Thoracoscopy surgery (VATS).

A Registered Nurse at Springfield Memorial Hospital means becoming a part of a Magnet hospital that raises the bar for excellence. The SMH environment expects high quality care for patients and RNs who want to advance learning to ensure they can be the best nurse possible. Quality nurses not only understand, but also exhibit, that \"care starts with caring.\" Nursing is about caring for people. Above all else, working at Memorial means we expect you to exceed customer expectations. You can do this by treating each patient as if they are the only one you are caring for that day, being the calm voice for the family, finding the answers when you don't have one, and displaying compassion in all interactions.

Licensure/Certification/Registry:

• - Licensed as RN in State of Illinois.


• - Current BLS/CPR certification per policy.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• - Must be able to position and/or transfer an average adult patient and possess gross coordination sufficient to perform other patient care duties as required.


• - Must be able to withstand prolonged periods of standing.


• - Must be able to perform difficult manipulative skills such as IV insertion and IM injections.


• - Environmental working conditions include exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue, contagious diseases and/or radioactive or other potentially hazardous materials.