Registered Nurse (Observation Unit)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (Observation Unit)
• Setting: 43-bed Observation Unit under the Emergency Department
• Focus: Telemetry monitoring and evidence-based, patient-centered care
• Shift: Full-time nights

Description

Provide clinically competent, evidence-based nursing care for an assigned patient group, including assessment, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The unit is fast-paced and requires nurses to monitor their own telemetry while caring for patients from multiple services. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to advance the patient plan of care and improve unit operations.

Responsibilities

• Practice in accordance with a patient-centered care model and develop individualized, age-specific, culturally sensitive care plans
• Serve as a patient advocate; protect patient health, safety, and rights
• Advance clinical expertise through continuing education and specialty certification when eligible
• Set measurable goals, implement safe/timely nursing interventions, and evaluate/document patient responses in the health record
• Escalate appropriately when further intervention is needed; consult experts/resources as needed
• Delegate and supervise interventions; ensure complete, timely, accurate information at bedside handoff
• Communicate ethically and resolve conflict using established communication channels
• Participate in professional engagement activities (e.g., committees, mentoring, precepting, peer feedback)
• Support innovation and unit-based quality improvement initiatives

Requirements

• Graduate of an NLN accredited school/college of nursing
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or higher
• Current State of Illinois, Registered Professional Nurse license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR through American Heart Association
• Analytic ability (conceptual and quantitative)
• Oral, listening, and written communication skills
• Strong human relation skills to collaborate effectively in difficult situations
• Ability to use a keyboard to enter or retrieve data

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events
• Benefits details available via the provided benefits page link