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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location eureka, Illinois

About this job

Location: Eureka, Illinois

Job ID: 28942

Facility: EUREKA HOSPITAL

Department / Unit: Emergency Department

Status-FTE: Part-Time B - 0.6

Shift: Twelve hour 7a-7p

Advocate Eureka Hospital has been serving and caring for the people of central Illinois for more than 110 years. A 25-bed, not-for-profit facility located in Eureka, Illinois, Eureka Hospital is part of faith-based Advocate Health Care, the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois. This critical access hospital has a medical staff of more than 100 physicians and offers a full suite of cardiac, surgical, and rehabilitation therapy services - just to name a few.

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Minimum 1 year of experience

Earn 10.0 continuing education credits annually

Has demonstrated proficiency for the requirements for NC I

Effective 1/1/2015: BSN preferred, AND with agreement to enroll in BSN completion program within two years of hire date and to be completed within four years of hire date. Graduate from an accredited school of nursing Good communication skills

Computer skills

Good time management and organizational skills

Familiarity with patient care equipment Current Illinois RN license

Current CPR

Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing

Certain positions may need to take call

Ability to transport objects, patients, and equipment

Ability to respond quickly to patient needs and work at fast pace

Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick

Ability to assist in evacuation of patients in the event of a fire or other disaster

Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients

Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit

Ability to lift 100 pounds occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds frequently and/or in excess of 20 pounds constantly

This requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 04/20/2014. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case~by~case basis.

The RN staff nurse assumes primary responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care for assigned patients.

A Nurse Clinician II plans and sets goals which demonstrates a holistic approach to patients and families. Assumes leadership responsibilities at the unit level. Demonstrates a mastery of clinical skills.

Accountabilities:

Nurse/Patient Relationship: Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum

Assuring/Improving Quality Care: Facilitates the patient and family's right to receive quality, cost effective care

Patient/Staff Education: Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families. Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes. Assists in creating an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities for nursing peers and colleagues

Nursing Process: Demonstrates the use of nursing process as a problem~solving model

Leadership/Collaboration/Professional Development: Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care. Demonstrates leadership behaviors and is committed to the development of self and others

Generic Accountabilities

Unit/Department Specific Accountabilities

Assuring/Improving Quality Care

a)May require assisting other departments in the hospital to provide quality care as needed.

Education/Competency

a)ED~ ACLS is required

Leadership/Collaboration/ Professional Development

a)Work with unit Director/Manager to ensure adequate staffing of the Emergency Room and Inpatient unit may be required to function/ take on other roles in the event of an emergency until administration arrives.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's Top 5 large health systems based on quality by Truven Analytics, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 12 hospitals that encompass 11 acute care hospitals, the state's largest integrated children's network, five Level I trauma centers (the state's highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area's largest home health care companies and one of the region's largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $661 million in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2013 .