PRN/Registry Registered Nurse

La Rabida Children’s Hospital provides specialized, family-centered health care to children with medically complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. Through expertise, compassion, and advocacy we help children and their families reach their fullest potential, regardless of their ability to pay.

Our not-for-profit hospital, licensed for 49 beds, helps transition children from neonatal or pediatric intensive care to home, by providing medical, rehabilitative and developmental care, and by training families to continue treatments and manage the necessary equipment in the home. La Rabida also provides extensive rehabilitation for those recovering from wounds or burns and treatment for exacerbations of chronic conditions.

The hospital’s enhanced pediatric patient-centered medical home provides primary care to children with complex medical conditions and their siblings. Children with medical homes elsewhere come to La Rabida for specialty services. La Rabida offers a wide range of specialty services provided to children with sickle cell disease, diabetes, and many others. Children are supported in their emotional and developmental growth, particularly in cases where such growth has been interrupted by accident or disease.

Finally, La Rabida provides forensic and treatment services for children exposed to abuse and neglect, comprehensive assessments for wards of the state, early intervention for children between 0 and 3 years of age. Care coordination services for medically complex children are also provided for those who are covered by a health plan and receive care from providers in Cook County

Job Description

Nursing Process

• Completes initial and ongoing assessments and actively seeks assistance to verify assessments/changes noted
• Identifies problems (e.g., nursing diagnosis) and adds to problem list/kardex
• Carries out interventions defined in policy or individual plan of care as well as prescribed orders 
• Seeks assistance when relationship between orders and assessment is unclear (e.g., abnormal lab values). Maintains working knowledge of routine procedures, techniques, treatments as defined in policy
• Evaluates interventions against desired goals and seeks input on changes
• Documents assessments, interventions, and patient responses, both manually and electronically. Verifies and transcribes medical orders

Assuring/Improving Quality of Care

• Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient care environment by providing care that follows policies and procedures and is in accord with the Illinois Nurse Practice Act
• Demonstrates Unit specific skills and competencies (e.g, Tracheostomy Certification)
• Knowledgeable in using patient care equipment; recognizes any malfunction, takes out of service, and reports immediately
• Demonstrates knowledge of infection control and safety precautions (e.g., isolation, IV line care)
• Displays basic knowledge of JCAHO, IDPH, HIPPA and other regulatory requirements;
  • participates in continuous preparation for survey
  • Aware of quality improvement initiatives on unit and in hospital and seeks to incorporate information from projects into practice. Monitor quality indicators as directed

• Reads at least 2 nursing, research, and quality articles yearly
• Completes and routes Occurrence Reports appropriately

Patient/Staff Education

• Assesses patient/family readiness to learning
• Sets mutual goals and provides patient/family education, evaluates efficacy of teaching, and documents in the patient record
• Obtains education materials and uses tools appropriate to patient’s age and/or special needs
• Provides specific discharge instructions for episode of care
• Utilizes interpreter services as necessary

Leadership/Collaboration/Professional Development

• Practices Service Excellence Behaviors
• Seeks experiences to develop clinical knowledge base and technical skills
• Delegate patient care tasks to other members of team: includes assigning responsibilities, evaluating completion of tasks, and providing education, feedback, and coaching to complete tasks
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills
• Promotes collaboration among healthcare team members
• Follows chain of command for problem resolution
• Attends at least 4 hours annually of non-mandatory continuing education
• Participates in at least 6 monthly nursing staff meetings

Other Requirements

• Acquires and maintains basic certifications as required – BLS, PALS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required
• Pediatric, PICU & NICU experience preferred
• Licensed as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Illinois
• Growth and Development, Family Centered Philosophy
• CPR required. Only certifications issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross will be accepted

Additional Information

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

La Rabida is a place unlike any other. We understand the needs of families with children dealing with the most serious or complicated of conditions. With teams of the best healthcare providers in Chicago, we give continuous, comprehensive care, education, and support, helping families face their unique obstacles head-on.

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.