Registered Nurse, Per Diem, Decatur Memorial Hospital
Company: Memorial Health
Location: Decatur
Posted on: January 9, 2021
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Job Description:
Overview Manages, coordinates and performs nursing care with
compassion and care for an assigned group of patients and their
families and incorporate preventative measures. NURSING GOAL: A
goal of nursing is to educate and restore a patient to an optimal
level of wellness as defines by the patient and their families and
incorporate preventative measures. Qualifications Education and/or
Other Requirements Graduate of an accredited school of professional
nursing. Current registration or eligibility for licensure with the
State of Illinois for practice as a professional nurse.
Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must
be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. * Current Hepatitis b vaccination *
Will complete additional training or demonstrate competency in
skills identified in the unit-specific competency plan and skills
list. * Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and
strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security
operations for the protection of people, data, property, and
institutions. * Ability to listen to and understand information and
ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. * Ability to
apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that
make sense. * Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in
writing. * Ability to combine pieces of information to form general
rules or conclusions. * Gives full attention to what other people
are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking
questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate
times. * Ability to see details at close range. * Actively looks
for ways to help people. * Understand written sentences and
paragraphs in work related documents. * Awareness of other's
reactions and understanding why they react as they do. * Uses logic
and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of
alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Environmental Factors This position is performed within an
environment of frequent exposure to blood and body fluids. Physical
Demands The physical demands described are representative of those
that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job. * While performing the duties of
this job the employee is regularly required walk, stand, stoop to
floor level, kneel and assist in lifting patient; to assist
patients and/or adjust equipment at floor level; to reach, change
and read IV's 5 feet from the floor unaided; to support weight of
persons 200 pounds or more in emergency situations. * Ability to
attend to visual details. * Ability to communicate orally and in
writing. * Ability to receive and comprehend written and oral
communications. * Ability to read 5 feet from the floor unaided. *
Ability to utilize fine motor control in hands, the ability to
hear, and the ability to meet visual demands. * The employee will
frequently be required to lift, push and pull weight of at least 5
to 50 pounds. Mental Demands * Ability to work under stress and
adapt to changing conditions. * Analyze information or data. * Plan
sequence of operations or actions. * Make decisions of moderate to
substantial effects, with a variety of alternatives and moderate to
substantial consequences. * Use logic to define problems, collect
information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret
information, deal with abstract variables. * Comprehend written
basic instructions, safety rules, office memoranda at a high school
graduate level. * Ability to compose written communication using
standard business English at a high school graduate level. *
Ability to comprehend verbal sentences and instructions at a high
school graduate level. * Ability to converse in Standard English at
a high school graduate level. Note: Reasonable accommodations may
be made to assist an otherwise qualified individual in the
performance of the job. In order to meet the needs of the Company
employees may be assigned other duties, in addition to or in lieu
of those described above. Responsibilities Essential Functions and
Job Duties * CLINICAL JUDGEMENT - Clinical reasoning, which
includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of
the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a
process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge
and evidence-based guidelines. * Demonstrates the ability to assess
the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a
continuous basis. * Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate
problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with
comfort, when necessary. * Recognizes patterns and trends that may
predict the direction of illness. * CARING PRACTICES: Nursing
activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic
environment for patients/families and staff. Working on another's
behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and
nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping
to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the
clinical setting. * Promotes safety throughout patient's and
family's transitions along the healthcare continuum. * Actively
anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds
appropriately. * Effectively resolves patient complaints. * Engages
all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner. *
COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING - Working with others (e.g.,
patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that
promotes/encourages each person's contribution toward achieving
optimal/realistic patient/family goals. Involves intra-and inter-
disciplinary work with colleagues and community. Body of knowledge
and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and
system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or
across healthcare and non-healthcare systems. * Consults and
coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and
evaluate patient care plans. * Actively utilizes evidence-based
practice and customer service data to improve caring practices. *
Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans. *
Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding
patient care and/or practice issues. * Seeks out opportunities to
be taught, coached, and mentored. * Recruits diverse resources when
appropriate to optimize patient outcomes. * Serves as a resource to
department and patient/family. * RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY - The
sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences
into the provision of care. Differences may include, but are not
limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs,
gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and
values. * Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care;
incorporates appropriate alternative therapies. * Tailors
healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each
patient/family. * FACILITATION OF LEARNING - The ability to
facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other
members of the healthcare team, and community. Include both formal
and informal facilitation of learning. * Develops and modifies
patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care,
collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers' and
educational plans. * Provides individualized care. * Evaluates
patient's understanding by observing behavior changes throughout
plan of care. * Sets patient-driven goals for education. * Work
toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. * CLINICAL
INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) - The ongoing process of questioning
and evaluating practice and providing informed practice. Creating
practice changes through research utilization and experimental
learning. * Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient
populations. * Seeks out advice to improve patient care. *
Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of
literature, research, and education. * Incorporates evidence based
practice into care delivery. * Actively pursues continuing
educational opportunities. * Performs other duties as assigned.
Keywords: Memorial Health, Decatur , Registered Nurse, Per Diem, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Healthcare , Decatur, Illinois
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