at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Palos Heights, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Location Palos Heights, Illinois
Business Unit Palos Hospital
Job REQID EV64740
Job Function Clinical Nurse
Shift Night Job (3rd)
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Description
If you are a Registered Nurse, we invite you to attend a virtual hiring event on April 23rd, 2024!
In your application, please note your areas of interest and a Talent Acquisition Professional will be in touch to schedule a virtual interview with you for the day of the event.
Positions Available:
Registered Nurse
New GradRN's are welcome to apply
*Up to $5,000 in Sign-On Bonuses for Registered Nurse roles. Conditions vary; inquire for more information.
Departments Hiring
Operating Room (past OR experience required)
Pre-Procedure (pastCritical Care or Telemetry experience required)
Day shift and PM shift offered
PACU (past PACU or Critical Care experience required)
Day shift and PM shift offered
CVICU Unit (past ICU or CVICU experience required)
Telemetry Stepdown Unit
Observation Unit
Clinical Observation Unit - CDU
Medical Surgical
Medical Surgical Orthopedics
Medical Surgical Neurology
Procedural Nursing Departments (past experience preferred)
GI Lab
Home Health
Case Management
Day shift and PM shift offered
Shifts Available:
Please note that a large majority of our openings are on the NIGHT shift at this time.
TheRegistered Nursereflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The role of the professional Registered Nurse is unique and essential to the care of the patient. The nurse demonstrates that unique and essential function through the framework for nursing practice.
Whether you are a new graduate or an experienced RN, Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospitalhas an opportunity for you to grow your professional nursing career.
Responsibilities:
Advocate:
Practices in accordance with the patient centered care model.
Develops an individualized age-specific culturally sensitive nursing plan of care for the patient that is based on the nursing process.
Incorporates the role of patient advocate into the plan of care.
Uses a team approach to develop and achieve daily patient-centered individualized care goals.
Acknowledges and values the contributions of the patients significant others as an integral part of the plan of care.
Identifies potential conflict situations and facilitates resolution using established communication channels.
Promotes and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.
Protects patients by maintaining a safe environment.
Clinical Expert:
Advances clinical expertise, as demonstrated through pursuit of informal and formal continuing education opportunities and obtaining specialty certification when eligible.
Continuously enhances skills and abilities to ensure the highest quality patient care.
Shares knowledge and expertise through educating team members, patients and students.
Demonstrates critical thinking by integrating theoretical knowledge and expertise to pose relevant clinical questions when evidence and practice differ.
Identifies priorities, sets realistic and measurable goals, prescribes and implements nursing interventions in a safe and timely manner.
Develops and implements individualized education plans for patients and families using suitable instructional materials and methods.
Evaluates and documents the patients' responses to nursing interventions in the health record and properly individualizes the plan of care based on the evaluation of findings.
Identifies situations that require further intervention and escalates appropriately; consults appropriate experts and resources when needed.
Participates in the formation, implementation and evaluation of team goals.
Appropriately delegates and supervises interventions to implement the plan of care.
Conveys complete, timely and accurate information at hand off at the bedside or any hand off.
Adheres to ethical standards of practice.
Compassionate:
Consistently demonstrates interpersonal connections with patients and families from introduction through discharge.
Proactively responds to patient concerns such as speaking to patients about possible/expected delays in plan of care.
Treats patients, families, visitors and staff in a caring manner with respect and dignity.
Facilities recovery and where appropriate helps ensure a peaceful death for patients.
Professionally Engaged:
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Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability or sexual orientation.
