Registered Nurse (Emergency Department)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (CDH Emergency Department)

• Schedule: 7p–7a; every third weekend rotation

Description

A clinically competent, registered professional nurse providing and coordinating nursing care for acutely ill patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. You will interact effectively with patients, significant others, and the health care team while adhering to professional nursing practice standards.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data; identify expected outcomes; develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized plan of care

• Direct care and determine appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in direct patient care

• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; create a documented, outcome-focused plan indicating communications with patients and families

• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects

• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions and individualize the plan of care based on findings

• Use best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions

Requirements

• BSN required (ADN acceptable with commitment to obtain a BSN from an accredited program within 3 years of first day of employment in the clinical nurse role)

• Current Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license

• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to collaborate with others

• Strong analytic abilities

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events

• Benefits details available via the organization’s benefits page; eligibility varies by employment classification

• Sign-on bonus eligibility: internal employees and rehires who left within 1 year are not eligible; exception for new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical Registered Nurse position