RN- PCU

• What does it mean to be a team member at Iroquois Memorial Hospital?
• It means that the patient is truly at the center of everything we do.
• It means that the quest for excellence is not just a goal, but a given.
• It means building an environment where our providers and our employees can deliver the best in healthcare.
• It also means that each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve the extraordinary together.

IMH offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and great work environment. If this sounds like a role that might be a good fit for you, please apply today and let’s talk more about this opportunity.

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Department: PCU

Status: Part Time, 24 hours per week

Schedule

6:00am - 6:30pm, Days

Summary/Objective

The registered nurse is responsible for providing high quality professional health care to patients for all age groups cared for in the unit.

Essential Functions

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Providing timely and appropriate assessments of patient condition.
• The plan of care is formulated timely and addresses all of the patient’s problems and interventions are appropriate for the patient's condition.
• Recognizes emergencies promptly and responds in an appropriate manner.
• Takes responsibility for crash cart readiness, department readiness and is proficient in emergency procedures.
• Administers medications & IV’s timely and accurately.
• Performs treatments & procedures skillfully and on time as appropriate to the unit.
• Educates patients & families, delivers the information on an appropriate level to the individual. Information is complete & documented.
• Applies knowledge of National Patient Safety Goals.
• Assures that hourly rounding and assessing is completed.
• Demonstrates an awareness of fall prevention techniques: identifies patients at risk, communicates risks to other caregivers, reports all falls.
• Engages in infection control practices and demonstrates knowledge of isolation procedures.
• Documentation is timely and accurately reflects patient condition and progress.
• Practices within ethical, regulatory and legal guidelines.
• Familiarity with the electronic documentation system and using it effectively and efficiently.

• Experience/Education Requirements
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Possess current hospital experience (within 5 years) or be a new nursing graduate (within 2 years). Prefer at least 1 year of experience in hospital clinical nursing. Possess a service orientation.

• Licenses/Certifications
• State of Illinois RN license.
• CPR certification within 3 months of hire.
• ACLS within one year of hire.
• PALS within one year of hire.

• Benefit
• 401K
• Paid Time Off

• Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois.
• The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community.
• These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care.
• The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN.
• The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.

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