Weekend Community Health Staff Nurse

Qualifications Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Responsibilities Perform all responsibilities and duties required by unit as specific to the scope of service. Maintain up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care to ensure integration of information for use by the healthcare team. Complete initial assessment upon patient admission and develop an appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards, based on patient and family needs. Implement plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures. Modify plan of care based upon continuous evaluation. Communicate with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues. Receive patient Bedside Shift Report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring inclusion of patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment, and updating of the patient communication board. Delegate patient care tasks and responsibilities to assigned HCTrs and validate completion throughout the shift. Complete and document basic RN patient care activities such as assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensure physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding completion on each assigned patient, care plan documentation, and patient education. Meet Carle Med/Surg RN documentation standards for each assigned patient. Provide patient medications utilizing the patient five Rights: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose, and Right Time. Maintain patient safety as the highest priority level, ensuring compliance with safety measures such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions, and patient ambulation safety. Maintain a positive attitude at all times on unit that promotes a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment. Keep a diligent focus on prompt answering of patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests and medical needs. Use critical thinking to evaluate overall patient condition and nursing judgement to identify and act on changes in patient status. Effectively communicate within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination, and patient safety. Provide competent care for patients who display mild to severe brain injury due to stroke, trauma, or surgery; identify and respond immediately to neurological changes and/or seizure activity. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. #J-18808-Ljbffr