Patient Care Support Nurse

3 weeks ago


Chicago, United States Cook County Health & Hospitals System Full time

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**CRITICAL CARE/ICU - STROGER HOSPITAL - CHICAGO, IL. - SHIFT: 11:00 AM - 11:30 PM**

The Patient Care Support Nurse is a registered professional nurse (RN) who is responsible and accountable for providing and coordinating safe, effective individualized nursing care to patients and supportive care to significant others. Assesses patient’s needs, implements, and evaluates nursing care according to established professional standards of care. The Patient Care Support Nurse is responsible for collaborating with the multidisciplinary team in all assigned units to facilitate and expedite patient flow and throughput, including admissions, transfers, and discharges. This position is also responsible for supporting staff RNs in the assigned units with clinical skills, patient care, and other tasks and must be continually flexible to receive and enact on assignments to provide relief to staff RNs related to emergencies and coverage for lunch and breaks and rounding. The Patient Care Support Nurse reports to the Staffing and Workforce management office to receive unit assignments and collaborates with the Unit Director/ Managers/Charge nurse throughout their shift, to support the continuity of care throughout Cook County Health (CCH).

**Typical Duties**
- Receives notification from Staffing Office of daily assigned unit location and is assigned primarily to designated Department and responsible to take assignment within departmental units to provide nursing care.
- Assists with patient care tasks within their designated clinical specialties, but when appropriate may also assist with nursing care tasks within their clinical competencies that emerge on other units on a temporary basis.
- May receive assignments to multiple units within the shift, within their primary department depending on patient care needs and performs all duties appropriate for a nurse within that department.
- May accompany patients awaiting a bed or transfer to the unit or testing area if monitoring or nursing care is required during the transition or testing.
- Identifies, plans, and cares for the total needs of patients taking into consideration the age-specific needs of patients served in assigned area of responsibility as assigned.
- Performs initial and ongoing assessment/data collection that includes consideration of biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharges planning factors systematically.
- Applies principles of infection control and safety.
- Performs the technical aspects of care according to established practice standards (Procedures, treatments, IV/Blood administration, medication administration).
- Demonstrates competency with inserting IVs and phlebotomy.
- Communicates pertinent information to patients, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare team members as appropriate.
- Formulates and updates an individualized plan of care based on the patient's assessed needs, desired outcome, and consideration of age-related requirements.
- Records accurately, concisely, and legibly in black ink or the electronic medical record the following information: assessment, medication, tolerance of procedures, reassessment, and plan of care, interventions, and patient's responses and changes in patient condition and outcomes.
- Operates equipment correctly and safely necessary for providing patient care including monitors, ventilator care, IV pumps, and the like.
- Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and safe manner based on established patient and nursing practice standards.
- Evaluates effectiveness of care and revise interventions as appropriate.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates educational services/programs for patients.
- Must be willing to work with patients receiving care for termination of pregnancy - pre procedure, during procedure and post procedure in Labor & Delivery and Obstetrics units.
- Makes appropriate and timely decisions in a crisis or emergency.
- Must be able to listen and respond to changes in assignments efficiently and ensure a safe handoff of patient care. Willing to be flexible in accepting assignments.
- Ensures appropriate and timely handoff communication to other staff nurses and charge nurses at shift change and assignment change to ensure continuous safe care.
- Demonstrates ability to communicate accurately, clearly, and concisely, orally written and electronically.
- Demonstrates caring and respect in verbal/nonverbal communications with patients, family members, and other team members.
- Demonstrates awareness of patient/family rights and ethical and legal issues.
- Provides general direction, guidance, and coordination of patient care given by other levels of nursing staff.
- Applies knowledge of standard operating policies and procedures, including operating equipment safely and necessary for providing patient care.
- Participates in staff orientation and staff development activities for the unit.
- Utilizes scheduling system to view an



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