RN-M&S-Medical and OBS Unit-weekend night incentive package - FT

Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services; Gibson City (IL); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Weekend night shift package

Full-time benefits

Zusammenfassung

Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services in Gibson City, IL is seeking a Staff RN to function as caregiver and care manager, overseeing a group of patients and applying the Nursing Process with a focus on patient outcomes.

This role emphasizes assessment, data collection, care planning, documentation, patient teaching, safety, emergency response, and collaboration with the health care team. Weekend shift availability with a full-time benefits package is required.

Aufgaben

• Performs assessment and data collection focusing on the patient’s physiologic and cognitive status.
• Formulates or individualizes predefined, goal-consistent care using established nursing standards.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care by self and the health care team, and the impact of systems and environment on outcomes.
• Demonstrates competency in psychomotor skills according to written procedures.
• Identifies patient learning needs and provides instruction to meet self-care requirements.
• Performs documentation according to Division of Nursing standards and assigned areas.
• Shows awareness of patient rights and adheres to safety requirements.
• Responds effectively in emergencies following established protocols.
• Applies knowledge of care standards, protocols, drugs, lab values, and patient care resources.
• Acknowledges Illinois Practice Act in professional practice and accountability.
• Participates in staff development and peer teaching to support learning.
• Engages in ongoing learning and continuing education to advance professional development.
• Seeks validation of knowledge and decisions and requests guidance when needed.
• Maintains awareness of legal issues in professional practice and patient care to reduce risk.
• Contributes to unit and nursing goals and to development of unit standards.
• Participates in PI activities using data sources and peer review monitoring.
• Coordinates patient care among nursing staff, physicians, and support services in care manager and shift leader roles.
• Organizes and prioritizes using available resources in a time-oriented and cost-conscious manner.
• Communicates effectively using established methods and ensures timely, clear information exchange.
• Fosters working relationships with health care team members, patients, and families.
• Uses appropriate lines of authority in clinical and operational matters and seeks guidance as needed.
• Remains flexible in staffing and resolves conflicts; participates in temporary assignments as needed.
• Identifies problems using PI tools and applies sound clinical judgment for prompt action.
• Shows willingness to learn and apply theory/data to clinical settings.

Jobbeschreibung

• Weekend (Friday and Saturday) night shift package. 7p - 7a, work 24 hours get paid for 36. Full time benefit package.

• Weekend (Friday and Saturday) night shift package. 7p - 7a, work 24 hours get paid for 36. Full time benefit package.

General Summary

The staff RN is a professional practitioner who functions as both a caregiver and care manager. In the caregiver role, the RN assumes responsibility for a group of patients for a designated time frame implementing the Nursing Process and therapeutic use of self. In the dominant role of care manager, the RN directs and oversees the care of other caregivers (nurses and non-nurses) via delegation, coordination, supervision, validation, and evaluation.

GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL & HEALTH SERVICES MISSION STATEMENT

To provide personalized, professional healthcare services to the residents of the Communities we serve.

Principle Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs assessment and data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on the patient’s physiologic and cognitive status.
• Formulates or individualizes a predefined, goal consistent and continuous manner by utilization of and adherence to pre-determined standards which define the structure, process, and desired patient outcomes of nursing process.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by self and by all health care team members. Also, evaluates contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in processing patients toward desired outcomes.
• Demonstrates competency in select psychomotor skills adhering to predefined written procedures.
• Identifies patient learning needs and readiness for learning. Implements patient/significant other instruction to meet self-care needs as defined in standards of care and patient teaching protocols.
• Performs documentation responsibilities following all existing structure standards and guidelines for forms used in the Division of Nursing and specially assigned areas.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient rights, as identified within the institution.
• Functions with an awareness of and adherence to safety requirements as identified in existing standards.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of structure standards, patient care resources/references, protocols, pertinent drugs, standards of care, and significant lab values.
• Demonstrates an awareness of self-responsibility and accountability for own professional practice within the Illinois Practice Act.
• Participates actively in staff development activities by sharing knowledge with others and using appropriate teaching/learning strategies to assist peers.
• Demonstrates self directed learning and participation in continuing education to meet own professional development.
• Seeks validation of knowledge base, skill level, and decision making as necessary and assertively requests guidance in areas of question.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of professional practice and patient care and strives to manage situations in a reduced-risk manner.
• Participates in development and attainment of unit and department of nursing goals.
• Participates in development of standards at both the generic and unit specific levels, demonstrates an attitude of acceptance/importance of standards in all professional practice strives to achieve minimum compliance levels and uses \"professional modification\" measures with sound clinical judgment.
• Actively involves self in Performance Improvement (PI) activities at the generic and unit levels through use of data sources and compliance peer review monitoring.
• Demonstrates willingness and ability to effectively coordinate patient care/unit activities among nursing staff, physicians, and support services in both the care manager and \"shift leader\" role.
• Demonstrates effective organization and priority settings abilities in using self, human, and material resources in a time oriented and cost containment manner.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills by implementing existing communication methods (i.e. staff meetings, communication boards, etc.), and always attempting to receive and give information in a timely, concise, clear and positive manner.
• Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members, patients, and families.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of lines of authority in clinical and operational matters when seeking direction, validating self decision making, and resolving problematic issues.
• Remains flexible in staffing patterns and in resolution of staffing conflicts; participates in temporary assignment measures in the division of nursing.
• Demonstrates problem identification skills using existing PI tools/methods; demonstrates sound clinical and operational decision-making abilities based on current standards and resulting in prompt action/resolution.
• Demonstrates an attitude of seeking knowledge and rationale for actions and shows ability to apply theory/data to the clinical settings.