Registered Nurse RN, MHCL Operating Room

Mercy Health Corporation; Crystal Lake (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse for their Operating Room. This role involves delivering holistic nursing care, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring patient safety. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in nursing practices and a commitment to providing exceptional healthcare services. The organization is renowned for its supportive culture and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including career advancement opportunities and a focus on employee wellbeing. If you are passionate about making a difference in patients' lives, this position is an excellent opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan with Matching Contributions

Paid Time Off

Career Advancement Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Wellbeing Resources

Flexible Spending Plans

Discounted Voluntary Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program with a focus on patient care.
• Critical thinking skills to manage complex patient situations.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes nursing process and critical thinking in patient care.
• Administers medications and ensures accurate documentation.

Skills

Patient Care

Critical Thinking

Medication Administration

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Documentation

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

BSN preferred

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Patient Monitoring Equipment

Job description

Overview

Registered Nurse RN, Operating Room, Mercyhealth Crystal Lake Hospital

• Critical Access Hospital
• 64 hours / 2 weeks
• Variable Monday - Friday Day Shift Hours
• On-Call Rotation

Provides compassionate, culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to patients in a clinical setting, supporting the Mercyhealth nursing mission, practice values and strategic plan. May include variable shifts, weekends, holiday and/or on-call hours. Performs other duties as assigned including floating to various units based on identified needs and clinical competency.

Mercyhealth is committed to offering our partners a best place to work and continually evaluates new programs and benefits. We have been recognized locally, regionally and nationally for helping our workers achieve a work/life balance through benefit offerings and innovative programs. Our unique workplace Culture of Excellence is built upon:

• Employee engagement, empowerment and growth
• Teamwork toward our common goal - providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better
• An atmosphere of caring and quality that cascades throughout the organization

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention and evaluation of care
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and state laws/practice act as required by care setting.
• Ensures all documentation is accurate and comprehensive in accordance with the established standards of care for documentation at the system and entity levels.
• Develops initiates and executes a patient plan of care according to the patient's individualized needs, as prescribed by the physician and/or hospital policy. Utilizes resources available to teach and support patient and family education. Provides education to the appropriate level of understanding.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, which may include shared governance.
• Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units/departments in support of the patient's longitudinal plan of care. Acts to resolve systems breakdowns and engages self and others in providing solutions
• Utilizes critical thinking in regards to patient safety and patient experience, manages complex situations and delegates to other staff appropriately. Escalates to the appropriate chain of command as needed.
• Positively influences the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
• Engages in personal development and supports system-entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth including developing or revising evidence based practice guidelines.
• Supports and participates in peer review and peer feedback opportunities.
• Participates in the professional nursing continuum.

Education and Experience

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• BSN preferred.

Certification/Licensure

• Current IL RN licensure by the IL Dept of Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• Approved CPR / BLS certification required within 90 days of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within one year of hire.

Special Physical Demands

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or smell.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Culture of Excellence Behavior Expectations


Benefits

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:

* Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

* Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

* Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

* Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

* Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

* Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.