Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical/Surgical

Nursing PositionEstablishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and supervising assigned team members. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.Position Specifics:Department: Medical/Surgical. 2-3 RNs on each shift; 1:4-6 ratio. Swing bed program rehab + hospice. Manager highly promotes teamwork and positivity. Family oriented and pride themselves on patient satisfaction. RNs exposed to a variety of different medical issues CHF, COPD, respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia and COVID, down to post-op care of total knee/hip replacements. Unit admits swing bed patients that are admitted for short therapy or IV antibiotics until we can get them back home. Also admit GIP patients that are inpatient hospice patients. No hospitalist on-site 24/7 so RNs truly learn to utilize that critical thinking to care for patients. Our RNs are always available for each other – talk through things together and if there's ever a question or concern – there is always someone available to discuss it with. There is also opportunity to cross-train to help in other departments if interested – truly work together.Schedule: Full-Time Night Shift (3x12 7:00pm-7:30am) with every 3rd weekend rotationFacility: St. Francis HospitalLocation: Litchfield, ILSign On Bonus: $10,000Compensation that aligns with experience. Shift differentials for night, weekend, and call on top of base rate!Education Qualifications:Graduate from an accredited and approved school of nursing accepted for licensure in the state of practice is required.Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred.Experience Qualifications:Experience in healthcare is preferred.Certifications, Licenses and Registrations:Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in state of practice is required.Wisconsin: RNs may practice with a valid multi-state RN license as outlined in the Nurse Licensure Compact rules.Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 13 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 13,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.HSHS requires COVID-19 vaccines or an approved medical or religious exemption for all colleagues.Benefits: HSHS provides a benefits package designed to support the overall well-being of our colleagues including their physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and work health. Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for HSHS benefits.Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need.Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions.Education Assistance benefits include up to $4,000 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more!Pay Range: $30.00 - $46.30A successful candidate's actual pay rate will be based on several factors including relevant experience, skills, training, certifications and education.