Patient Care Nurse

2 weeks ago

Decatur, United States Memorial Health Full time

Position Overview:


This role involves managing, coordinating, and delivering nursing care with empathy and professionalism for a designated group of patients and their families, while also incorporating preventive strategies.


Sign-On Bonus:


Eligible candidates may receive a substantial sign-on bonus.


Nursing Objective:

The primary goal of nursing is to educate and assist patients in achieving their highest level of wellness, as defined by the patients and their families, while also integrating preventive measures.


Qualifications:
Education and/or Other Requirements

Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program. Current registration or eligibility for licensure in the State of Illinois as a professional nurse is required.

Essential Skills

To excel in this role, candidates must be able to fulfill each essential duty effectively. The qualifications listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities required:

- Current Hepatitis B vaccination
- Completion of additional training or demonstration of competency in skills as outlined in the unit-specific competency plan.

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to enhance effective security operations for the protection of individuals, data, property, and institutions.

Ability to comprehend and interpret spoken information and ideas.
Ability to apply general principles to specific challenges to derive logical solutions.
Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms.
Ability to synthesize information to form general rules or conclusions.

Demonstrates active listening skills, taking time to understand others' points of view, asking questions when appropriate, and refraining from interrupting.

Ability to observe details closely.
Proactively seeks ways to assist others.
Comprehension of written materials related to work.
Awareness of others' reactions and understanding their motivations.
Utilizes logic and reasoning to assess the strengths and weaknesses of various solutions, conclusions, or approaches to challenges.

Environmental Considerations:

This position involves frequent exposure to blood and bodily fluids.

Physical Requirements:


The physical demands outlined are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this role.


While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, stoop, kneel, and assist in lifting patients; to assist patients and/or adjust equipment at floor level; to reach, change, and read IVs from a height of 5 feet unaided; to support the weight of individuals weighing 200 pounds or more in emergency situations.

Ability to attend to visual details.
Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms.
Ability to receive and understand written and verbal communications.
Ability to read from a distance of 5 feet unaided.
Ability to utilize fine motor skills, hear, and meet visual demands.
The employee will frequently be required to lift, push, and pull weights ranging from 5 to 50 pounds.

Mental Requirements:

Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
Analyze information or data.
Plan sequences of operations or actions.
Make decisions with moderate to significant impact, considering various alternatives and consequences.
Employ logic to define problems, gather information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret information, and address abstract variables.
Comprehend written instructions, safety guidelines, and 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 understand verbal instructions and communicate in Standard English at a high school graduate level.

Note:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to assist qualified individuals in performing the job.

To meet the needs of the organization, employees may be assigned additional duties beyond those described above.


Key Responsibilities:


CLINICAL JUDGMENT – Demonstrates clinical reasoning, including decision-making, critical thinking, and a comprehensive understanding of patient needs, utilizing nursing skills developed through formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.

Exhibits the ability to assess the complete spectrum of patient needs, applying the nursing process continuously.
Utilizes prior nursing experience to foresee potential issues while fostering multi-disciplinary collaboration as needed.
Identifies patterns and trends that may indicate the progression of illness.

CARING PRACTICES:
Engages in nursing activities that foster a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff.

Acts on behalf of patients and families, representing their concerns and serving as a moral advocate in addressing ethical and clinical issues within and outside the healthcare setting.

Promotes safety throughout patients' and families' transitions along the healthcare continuum.
Proactively monitors patient and family changes, responding appropriately.
Effectively addresses patient complaints.
Interacts with all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.

COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Works collaboratively with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) to encourage each person's contribution toward achieving optimal patient and family goals.

Engages in intra- and inter-disciplinary collaboration with colleagues and the community.

Utilizes a body of knowledge and tools to manage environmental and system resources for patients, families, and staff within and across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.

Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
Actively employs evidence-based practices and customer service data to enhance caring practices.
Effectively plans and communicates patient care strategies.
Facilitates active participation of others in team discussions regarding patient care and practice issues.
Seeks opportunities for learning, coaching, and mentorship.
Engages diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
Serves as a resource for the department and patients/families.
RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – Demonstrates sensitivity to recognize, appreciate, and incorporate differences into care provision.

Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural variations, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.

Integrates cultural differences into patient and family care; incorporates suitable alternative therapies.
Adapts healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient and family.

FACILITATION OF LEARNING – Facilitates learning for patients, families, nursing staff, other healthcare team members, and the community.

Includes both formal and informal learning facilitation.
Develops and modifies patient and family education programs throughout care delivery, collaborating with all healthcare providers and educational plans.
Provides individualized care.
Evaluates patient understanding by observing behavioral changes throughout the care plan.
Sets patient-driven educational goals.
Works toward achieving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – Engages in an ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice to provide informed care. Implements practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning.
Adapts care standards to serve specific patient populations.
Seeks guidance to enhance patient care.
Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, literature analysis, research, and education.
Incorporates evidence-based practices into care delivery.
Actively pursues continuing education opportunities.
Performs additional duties as assigned.

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