RN - Med/Surg R4 - Patient Care Specialist

4 weeks ago

Urbana, Illinois, United States Carle Health Full time
Job Summary:

As a Registered Nurse - Med/Surg R4 at Carle Health, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care to a diverse group of patients. This role requires a strong commitment to patient safety and quality, as well as excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform all responsibilities and duties required by the unit, as specific to the scope of service.
• Implement procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
• Complete initial assessment upon patient admission and develop an appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards and based on patient and family needs.
• Implement plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures, modifying the plan as necessary based on continuous evaluation.
• Take responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
• Communicate effectively with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues, offering constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers, and conferring with colleagues to expand knowledge base.
• Identify own learning needs and take initiative to begin appropriate solutions.
• Fulfill all requirements of departmental competencies.
• Receive patient Bedside Shift Report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring the inclusion of patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment at the time of shift change, and updating of the patient communication board found in each patient room.
• Delegate patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned HCTs and validate completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift.
• Complete and document basic RN patient care activities, such as assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensuring physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding completion on each assigned patient, care plan documentation, and patient education.
• Meet Carle Med/Surg RN documentation standards for each assigned patient.
• Provide patient medications utilizing the patient 5 Rights: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose, and Right Time.
• Maintain patient safety as the highest priority level, ensuring safety measure compliance such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions, and patient ambulation safety.
• Maintain a positive attitude at all times on the unit that promotes a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment.
• Keep a diligent focus on prompt answering of patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests/medical needs.
• Use critical thinking to evaluate the overall patient condition and use nursing judgment to identify and act on changes in patient status.
• Effectively communicate within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination, and patient safety.
• Effectively manage time to enable the quick admission/discharge process for Observation status patients and facilitate completion of patient testing to move patients quickly towards discharge disposition.

Requirements:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License Illinois upon hire.
• Attend and satisfactorily complete all required continuing education regarding the care of acute stroke patients.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Carle Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

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