Registered Nurse (RN) - Flexible Acuity - Full-Time - Days

Beacon Health System; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Life Insurance

403(b) Matching

Competitive PTO

Shift Differentials

EAP

Tuition & Certification Reimbursement

Clinical Ladder Program

Beacon Academy Courses

Gym Membership Discount

Discounts

Job summary

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse for the Flexible Acuity Unit at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, Indiana. The role offers 36 hours per week on day shift (7a–7:30p) within a 0.9 FTE schedule.

Responsibilities include professional nursing care, assessing patient needs, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to develop and adjust plans of care while ensuring safety and quality.

Qualifications

• ASN is required; BSN preferred.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana.
• Candidates hired after Jan 1, 2014 must have or obtain a BSN within five years or obtain specialty certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing services in the Flexible Acuity Unit.
• Assess patient needs and implement plans of care; document outcomes.
• Collaborate with the care team to ensure high-quality patient care.
• Establish priorities and advocate for patients and families.
• Maintain accountability and adhere to standards, protocols, and patient safety.

Education

ASN in Nursing

Indiana RN license

BSN within 5 years

Job description

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time day-shift Registered Nurse for our Flexible Acuity Unit at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, IN

Type: Full-Time/FTE 0.9 (36 hrs/wk)

Shift: Day

Shift Details: 7a-7:30p

Be a Beacon. Make a Difference.

At Beacon Health System, you’re not just part of a team, you’re part of something bigger. Every patient interaction is a chance to lead with compassion, build trust, and create lasting impact. Here, your expertise supports healing, and your heart connects us to the communities we serve.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance through Cigna
• Life Insurance
• 403(b) Matching Retirement Fund
• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Shift Differentials
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition and Certification Reimbursement
• Clinical Ladder Program
• Local and National Discounts
• Beacon Academy Educational Courses
• Gym Membership Discount

About Elkhart Hospital

Elkhart General Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital located in Elkhart, Indiana. Our full-service, 357-licensed-bed hospital has served the community for more than 100 years with a variety of services including: Emergency Department; radiology; orthopedics; maternity, pregnancy and childbirth; behavioral health; imaging and lab; genetic counseling; DaVinci robotic surgery. As part of Beacon Health System, patients have access to providers not only at this location but can also access resources and services from across the entire health system.

What You’ll Do

As a Flexible Acuity Unit Registered Nurse, you’ll report to the Manager of Patient Care Services. Provides professional nursing services. Assesses the needs of patients and initiates, implements and evaluates individualized plans of care. Collaborates with other professional, clinical and ancillary staff in providing quality care to patients.

Flexible Acuity Unit RN Job Responsibilities

• Performs the priority (high risk, high frequency) technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.
• Establish and/or revise priorities for job/patient care activities based on the acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request, consideration of other department or staff priorities, timelines and plans.
• Respond to data indicating potential or actual risk to an individual’s physical or emotional health by initiating action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk.
• Advocate for the patient or family when necessary to achieve appropriate outcomes.
• Maintain accountability for own and delegated actions and decisions. Bases actions and decisions on scientific principles/logic, successful experiences, intuition, standards of practice/protocols, and organizational values.
• Seek supervision, consultation, or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.
• Use internal and/or external resources to resolve and/or prevent problems that cannot be managed independently.
• Develop or revise a plan of care for assigned patients based on initial and ongoing data. Includes measurable goals/outcomes; reflects the values, preferences and limitations of patients and/or family members; identifies interventions to achieve outcomes/goals; addresses pertinent physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and learning problems/needs.
• Initiate or maintain interventions to assure continuity of safe and effective care for patients across the entire continuum of care.
• Modify, continue or discontinue interventions, goals, or timeframes, according to evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency and/or patient satisfaction.
• Document, consistently and within established guidelines, assessments, interventions, actions, data collection results and outcomes of interventions.
• Use interpersonal communication strategies with all members of the team in order to achieve desirable and acceptable outcomes or responses and perception of satisfaction by those involved.
• Delegates to other staff members based upon acuity/complexity of need, role definition, and ability to perform, and the collective needs of patients, families, and the unit. Maintains accountability for achieving appropriate outcomes/goals associated with delegated acts.
• Maintain awareness of advances in clinical specialty.
• Contributes to the department’s ability to achieve and maintain clinical excellence, customer-focused service excellence, fiscal responsibility, innovative and talented people, and the best place to work.
• Contribute to the development of co-workers through positive role modeling, resource assistance, and direct feedback.

What You Bring

You bring a high level of knowledge and competency in performing nursing care procedures, assessments, treatment, and techniques. As a Registered Nurse, your advanced analytical skills are necessary to solve complex problems and make decisions related to patient care. You demonstrate the interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, patients, visitors, physicians, and others. You demonstrate the ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner. The RN understands the need to be responsive and reasonably adaptable for scheduling purposes, when necessary, due to extenuating circumstances in support of co-workers and department functions.

Required Qualifications

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) is required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana.
• Candidates hired after January 1, 2014, must have or obtain a BSN within five (5) years of employment as a Registered Nurse or will have the option to become certified in their area of specialty. The certification must be maintained based on accrediting body standards.

The Beacon Way

At Beacon Health System, our approach to care goes beyond clinical excellence because it’s built on meaningful connections. Guided by our core values of trust, respect, integrity, and compassion, we strive to create an environment where patients feel heard, employees feel valued, and innovation thrives. We call this commitment The Beacon Way, a six-point operating system that empowers every team member to lead with purpose, communicate clearly, cultivate talent, embrace performance improvement, leverage innovation, and build greatness through accountability. Whether at the bedside or behind the scenes, everyone at Beacon plays a role in moving health forward.