About this role
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Position Summary
• Responsible for providing professional nursing care for SIH patients.
Education
• Associate, Diploma, Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in Nursing
Licenses and Certification
• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license
• Current CPR/BLS Card
• Current ACLS card (within 6 months of hire)
- Intensive Care Unit: 10114, 20114
- Progressive Care Unit: 10116, 20110
- Stepdown ICU: 10118
- Cardiac Services: 10310
- Cardiac Catheterization: 10340
- Cardiac Care Decision Unit: 10342
- OP Cardiovascular Center: 10344, 20344
- Electrocardiology: 10336, 20336
- Interventional Imaging: 10367
- SDS Procedure Room: 10317, 20317, 30317, 40317
• Current ACLS & PALS card (within 6 months of hire)
- Emergency Room: 10306, 20306, 30306, 40306
- Recovery Room: 10314, 20314, 30314, 40314
• TNCC or TNS (within 1 year of hire or residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026
- Emergency Room: 10306, 20306, 30306, 40306
• ECRN (within 24 months of hire of residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026
- Emergency Room: 10306, 20306
• ACLS, Fetal Monitoring – Monitoring, & NRP (within 6 months of hire)
- Birthing Center: 10300
• NRP (within 6 months of hire)
- Mother Baby: 10154
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: 10152
• NRP & PALS (within 6 months of hire)
- Pediatrics: 10160
• ONS
- CTC-Infusion Center: 10328 (Fundamentals within first 6 months) and Chemotherapy Certificate Course (within 1 year, renewed every 2 years)
- SJ-Infusion: 40329 (Fundamentals within first 6 months, renewed every 2 years) or ONS Chemotherapy Certificate (renewed every 2 years)
Experience and Skills
• Technical Experience: NA
Role Specific Responsibilities
• Assess patients to determine mental, physical, and spiritual needs
• Establish a compassionate environment to provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patient and families
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates an individual plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team.
• Provide in health teaching and counseling to promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of patients
• Demonstrate ability to use clinical judgement in conjunction with critical thinking to recognize, act upon, and report changes in patient condition.
• Complete, accurate and timely documentation in patient medical record
• Provide input into the development of policies and procedures to support patient safety and quality of care
• Supervision and delegation responsibilities of licensed practical nurse and/or unlicensed assistant personnel
• Serve as an advocate for the patient by communicating and collaborating with other health service professionals
• Timely completion of required education, competencies, and licensure.
• Float to other SIH nursing units within competency level
Compensation (Commensurate with experience):
$31.25 - $49.06To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:
Other facts
About Southern Illinois Healthcare
Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) is a not-for-profit health system serving the southernmost counties of Illinois with four hospitals, a comprehensive cancer center, Level II Trauma Center and more than 30 outpatient and specialty practices. Based in Carbondale, Ill., SIH is the region’s largest private employer with 4,000 employees and the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits.
Recognized for quality outcomes in cardiac, stroke, bariatric and cancer care, SIH holds affiliations with renowned peers such as Prairie Heart Institute, SIU School of Medicine Family Practice Residency Program, Siteman Cancer Network and the BJC Collaborative.
We are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all of the people in the communities we serve.
What you'll do
- The Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing patients' needs and providing professional nursing care. They collaborate with the healthcare team to implement and evaluate individualized care plans.
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