Registered Nurse (Medical-Surgical)

Quick Facts

• Full-time (Days), 7:00 AM–7:30 PM with rotating weekends
• 4C Medical Intermediate Unit (26-bed, fast-paced, mixed acuity)
• Registered Nurse providing inpatient medical-surgical care

Description

The Registered Nurse on an inpatient medical intermediate unit provides care for patients with complex medical conditions, post-operative needs, or clinical instability requiring continuous cardiac monitoring, frequent assessments, and timely interventions. The role delivers nursing care through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation, while collaborating with patients, families, and the health care team.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data to identify expected outcomes
• Develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate an individualized plan of care
• Direct care and determine utilization of any assistant providing direct patient care
• Collaborate with patient, family, physicians, and ancillary staff; create a documented, outcome-focused care plan
• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects
• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions and individualize the plan of care
• Use best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions

Requirements

• BSN
• Current Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with others
• Strong analytic abilities
• ADN acceptable with commitment to obtain a BSN within three years of first day of employment in the clinical nurse role

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events
• Sign-on bonus eligibility (if included) follows posting rules (e.g., internal rehires within 1 year not eligible; new graduate internal employees seeking first licensed RN position may be eligible)