Registered Nurse, RN, Weekender Program, Emergency Department

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse for their Weekender Program in the Emergency Department. This role offers the opportunity to deliver compassionate, culturally sensitive nursing care while collaborating with a dynamic interdisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, providing essential care to patients across various age groups. With a commitment to employee wellbeing and career advancement, this organization fosters a supportive atmosphere where your contributions can make a significant impact. If you are passionate about healthcare and ready to join a team that values excellence, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Time Off

Career Advancement Opportunities

Employee Wellbeing Programs

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required.
• Must be licensed as an RN in the state of practice.

Responsibilities

• Administers prescribed medications and treatments.
• Documents patient care according to standards.

Skills

Compassionate Care

Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing)

BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing)

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

CPR/BLS Certification

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• Day Shift
• Emergency Department

Overview

• Janesville, WI
• Weekender Program (24 out of 26 weekends)
• Day Shift
• Emergency Department

Experience a Rewarding And Fulfilling Career With Mercyhealth. Mercyhealth Is Committed To Offering Our Partners a Best Place To Work. 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

The RN 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.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws practice act.
• Documents according to standards of care.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care.
• Develops, initiates, and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by Physician and or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.
• Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units’ departments in support of the patient’s longitudinal plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.
• Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions and peer review process.

Education And Experience

Graduate of an accredited nursing program. ADN Required Upon Hire, BSN Preferred. May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines)

Certification or Licensure

Licensed as an RN in state of practice. Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days. Other certification(s) per unit requirements. For example: ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP

Additional Requirements

Passing the Driver’s License Check and/or Credit Check (for those positions requiring). Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and/or IL Health Care Workers Background Check. Must be able to follow written or oral instructions.

Other Skills And Abilities

May include color blind test (per department guidelines)

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Category A - All partners in the specified job classification have occupational exposure.

Age of Patients Served

• Neonate (birth – 28 days): Yes
• Infant (29 days – less than 1 year): Yes
• Child (1 year – 12 years): Yes
• Adolescents (13 years – 17 years): Yes
• Adult (18 years – 64 years): Yes
• Geriatric (65 years and older): Yes

Information Access

Partner may access patient care information needed to perform their job duties.

Work Contact Group

Partners, physicians, patients’ family, visitors, vendors

Special Physical Demands

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. RN Hospital, RN Home Health and Hospice, RN Oncology: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus. RN Clinic and Ambulatory RN’s: 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.

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.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Industries
• Hospitals and Health Care

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