Hendricks Regional Health·Danville, Indiana
The Registered Nurse provides patient and family-centered nursing care adhering to professional standards, the ANA Code of Ethics, and the Indiana Nurse Practice Act within acute care settings. Essential duties involve effective time and resource management, maintaining expertise, exhibiting excellent customer focus, ensuring patient safety, and fostering teamwork and leadership development.
To provide nursing care that is patient and family centered in an environment that exemplifies best practice and customer service; fosters relationship based care; and maintains the integrity of professional nursing standards. Nursing care guidelines are based on the ANA Code of Ethics (1), Indiana Nurse Practice Act (2), Nursing Process, and regulatory agency standards by which the RN provides patient care and shared leadership for the unit.
Medical Units, Surgery Units, Emergency Departments, Intensive Care Unit, Childbirth Center, Pediatric Unit, Operating Room, Hibbeln, Perianesthesia, Endoscopy/GI, Cardiac Cath Lab
While these are considered essential responsibilities of the position, alternatives or accommodation may be considered, when situations require.
These responsibilities may be divided as necessary between multiple nurses as staffing requires and integrate collaborative input of healthcare providers, patient and patient designees.
Time and Resource Management
Uses resources and time effectively and efficiently.
Manages time effectively; concentrates his or her efforts on the most important priorities; adeptly handles several tasks at once and considers the short, medium, and long-term while attending to a broad range of activities.
Attends product and practice change education and applies such to promote non-salary cost saving.
Expertise/Specialty
Possesses required functional and technical knowledge to do his or her job at high level of accomplishment. Makes appropriate patient care assignments based on nurse expertise, patient acuity and technical needs.
Demonstrates ability to enhance workplace and apply new functional skills through use of evidence-based practice.
Customer Focus
Exhibits excellent guest relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers; displays our Hendricks Way Values core values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Engagement, Empathy, Courage and Loyalty.
Balances and prioritizes the needs of a variety of customers including patients, providers, community members and fellow associates.
Responds to changing customer needs with a positive and collaborative approach.
Manages customer expectations by communicating about progress, challenges and results, through established Hospital practices of patient rounding, timely response to patient needs, service recovery, and displaying professionalism in actions.
Understands how different departments must work together to provide outstanding customer experiences.
Brings value by forging positive relationship to those we serve.
Represents the Hospital positively in provision of service to the community independently and at Hospital sponsored or community events.
Maintains a therapeutic environment through noise reduction, appropriate use of electronic devices in patient care areas, and providing support and building relationships with healthcare students and their programs.
Patient Safety/Workplace Safety/Patient Experience
Places a high level of safety focus on HRH patients, guests, associates, and self, assuring safety and an exemplary patent experience.
Utilizes the event management system; reports near misses and participates in proactive processes to reduce error.
Applies the principles of Just Culture, HIPAA, national safety standards and social media policy.
Career Development
Demonstrates a strong emphasis on leadership, personal and professional growth. Seeks opportunity for growth in such areas as certification, Hospital clinical advancement programs, advanced degree, and nursing shared leadership and council opportunities.
Grasps the essence of new information; masters new technical skills and business knowledge. Leverages strengths, and improves upon weaknesses; seeks feedback from others and opportunities to master new knowledge.
Teamwork
Inspires, motivates, and guides others toward goal accomplishments.
Consistently develops and sustains cooperative working relationships.
Encourages cooperation within the organization and with customers.
Fosters commitment, team spirit, pride and trust.
Develops leadership in others through coaching, mentoring and providing collaborative and guiding feedback.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
1. Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing; or
2. If a graduate from a nursing school that is not accredited, a minimum of five years of acute care nursing experience is required to be considered; or an advanced degree from an accredited school;
3. Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, (BSN), preferred or required within five years from date of hire (MSN enrollment would be accepted in place of BSN for those enrolling in an accelerated program).
4. Area specific required education may be obtained upon hire and is to be maintained, e.g. ACLS, BLS, PALS, specialty certification, etc.
Current licensure by the Indiana State Board of Nurses’ Registration and Nursing Education as an active Registered Nurse.
Work Shift: 3rd Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24
Candidates must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing, or meet alternative requirements like five years of acute care experience if the school was not accredited, and must possess current licensure as a Registered Nurse in Indiana. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred or required within five years of hire, alongside maintaining area-specific certifications like BLS.
Market context
Indiana nursing roles often stay in demand across hospitals, long-term care, and outpatient settings, especially for candidates who can show dependable patient care skills and flexibility. Competition can be stronger for roles that prefer phlebotomy training or science experience, so highlighting competency assessment results and any hands-on clinical exposure can help. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm the original posting before applying.
