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Registered Nurse (RN) Inpatient Unit

Sign-on Bonus!!! $Application Deadline: 10/12/2026

The Registered Nurse (RN) Inpatient Unit delivers patient-centered nursing care to post-surgical and medical-surgical patients. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, and coordinating care, promoting recovery, ensuring safety, and collaborating with the healthcare team to achieve optimal outcomes. The RN also educates patients and families on post-operative care, coordinates discharge planning, and contributes to quality improvement initiatives within the unit.

12 Hour NOC Shifts

Advocate for patients' rights, preferences, and needs, ensuring that they receive high-quality, compassionate care that is tailored to their individual circumstances

Project a professional demeanor and appearance while maintaining the confidentiality of the patient, coworkers, and the organization, as appropriate

Assess patient health problems and needs to develop, implement, and evaluate care in collaboration with healthcare team

Provide direct patient care, including administering medications and treatments as prescribed

Educate patients and their families on health conditions, medications, treatment care, and post surgical care, including discharge instructions

Operate and monitor medical equipment relevant to patient care

Ensure infection control protocols and safety standards are followed in all aspects of patient care

Promptly record all care information concisely, accurately, and completely

Respond to emergency situations using appropriate interventions

Promptly report and document any occurrences of unusual events, safety concerns, or incidents in accordance with organization policies and procedures

Participate in the department's on-call rotation and respond promptly to call-ins to ensure continuous patient care as needed

Collaborate with other disciplines as needed to determine plan of care and to create a discharge plan

Performs and documents point-of-care testing in accordance with established protocols, ensuring accuracy, quality control compliance, and timely communication of results to the care team

Ensure compliance with Universal Protocol by initiating a pre-procedural 'Time Out' to prevent wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient errors

Performs procedures accurately, completely and safely according to established policy and procedure and physician orders

Conduct thorough and accurate patient hand-offs, providing complete and timely information to ensure continuity and safety of care between shifts and care provider

Participate in RN professional development which may include education, preceptor, and charge responsibilities

May be cross-trained and assigned to other nursing departments within the hospital, with responsibility for carrying out the essential functions of the assigned role

Use the organization's secure messaging platform in accordance with departmental protocols, including timely receipt and responses to communications

Medical terminology

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems

Quality assurance and accreditation standards

Effective English communication in verbal and written form

Quality work including attention to detail and accuracy

Basic computer proficiency

Carry out customer service standards

Continuously learn and improve through staying up to date on job specific trends, policies, and new technologies

Successfully demonstrate organization-wide performance review competencies

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited nursing program required

Current RN licensure in the State of Wisconsin

Minimum of 2 years experience in a hospital medical/surgical setting preferred

Previous experience in recovery room, ambulatory care, critical care or general nursing experience preferred

Must possess a cell phone that interfaces with the organization's secure messaging system

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Health Savings Account with an employer contribution
• Company paid life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with 4% company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Wellness reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc. Furthermore, our organization is committed to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.

OakLeaf Surgical Hospital