About this role
Min
USD $30.23/Yr.Max
USD $48.37/Yr.Overview
**$20,000 Sign On Bonus Opportunity**
This is a Full Time, Night Shift Position
(Three 12-hour shifts, Every third weekend rotation)
Registered Nurse (RN) - General Medical/Surgical Unit (4B): All private rooms with mostly middle to older adult population. Nurses care for all types of medical patients, including post-surgical patients. A wide range of opportunities include central lines, IV’s, PCAs, medication administration, wound care with dressing changes, care of dialysis patients, chest tubes, NG, variety of drainage tubes, Ostomy/ileostomy care, complex comorbidity, patient education.
A Registered Nurse at Springfield Memorial Hospital means becoming a part of a Magnet hospital that raises the bar for excellence. The SMH environment expects high quality care for patients and RNs who want to advance learning to ensure they can be the best nurse possible. Quality nurses not only understand, but also exhibit, that “care starts with caring.” Nursing is about caring for people. Above all else, working at Memorial means we expect you to exceed customer expectations. You can do this by treating each patient as if they are the only one you are caring for that day, being the calm voice for the family, finding the answers when you don’t have one, and displaying compassion in all interactions.
Recruiter:
Sandy Dunn, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Qualifications
Licensure/Certification/Registry:
- Current RN license in the State of Illinois required.- Healthcare Provider or Instructor BLS certification required within 30 days of hire.- ACLS Provider or Instructor certification required within one year of hire date.
Education Requirements:
- BSN preferred, but not required.
Responsibilities
- Performs age appropriate assessments.
- Analyzes data to identify nursing problems.
- Provides direct patient care, develops individualized plan of care in partnership with patients & families. Evaluates patient progress toward attainment of goals, revising plan of care when indicated.
- Delegates patient care tasks to LPNs and unlicensed assistive personnel based on job description and patient needs.
- Appropriately supervises performance of LPNs and unlicensed assistive personnel.
- Builds teamwork when supervising and delegating to others.
- Documents patient care according to policies and procedures.
- Ensures appropriate implementation of physician’s orders
Other facts
About Memorial Health
Memorial Health is one of the leading healthcare organizations in Illinois—a responsibility we are proud to uphold. Founded in 1897 to meet the expanding needs of our communities, we have assembled an ever-growing team and vast resources.
Dedicated to unsurpassed excellence in care, education, and research, our community-based, not-for-profit corporation features a team of nearly 10,000 strong throughout eight state-of-the-art affiliates offering a broad array of vital services. Yet what matters equally is the size of our heart. Our ambitions. And our potential to do bigger and better things.
We’re achieving our goals by developing academic alliances with other respected institutions, including the BJC HealthCare Collaborative and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. By earning important credentials and accreditations. By making a real investment in employee development. And by building upon our reputation for excellence on the regional level, with the goal of realizing national prominence.
What you'll do
- The Registered Nurse performs age-appropriate assessments and provides direct patient care while developing individualized plans of care in partnership with patients and families. They also delegate tasks to LPNs and unlicensed assistive personnel and ensure proper documentation of patient care.
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