- What does it mean to be a team member at Iroquois Memorial Hospital?
- It means that the patient is truly at the center of everything we do.
- It means that the quest for excellence is not just a goal, but a given.
- It means building an environment where our providers and our employees can deliver the best in healthcare.
- It also means that each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve the extraordinary together.
IMH offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and great work environment. If this sounds like a role that might be a good fit for you, please apply today and let’s talk more about this opportunity.
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Department: PCU
Status: Part Time, 24 hours per week
Schedule
6:00am - 6:30pm, Days
Summary/Objective
The registered nurse is responsible for providing high quality professional health care to patients for all age groups cared for in the unit.
Essential Functions
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Providing timely and appropriate assessments of patient condition.
- The plan of care is formulated timely and addresses all of the patient’s problems and interventions are appropriate for the patient's condition.
- Recognizes emergencies promptly and responds in an appropriate manner.
- Takes responsibility for crash cart readiness, department readiness and is proficient in emergency procedures.
- Administers medications & IV’s timely and accurately.
- Performs treatments & procedures skillfully and on time as appropriate to the unit.
- Educates patients & families, delivers the information on an appropriate level to the individual. Information is complete & documented.
- Applies knowledge of National Patient Safety Goals.
- Assures that hourly rounding and assessing is completed.
- Demonstrates an awareness of fall prevention techniques: identifies patients at risk, communicates risks to other caregivers, reports all falls.
- Engages in infection control practices and demonstrates knowledge of isolation procedures.
- Documentation is timely and accurately reflects patient condition and progress.
- Practices within ethical, regulatory and legal guidelines.
- Familiarity with the electronic documentation system and using it effectively and efficiently.
- Experience/Education Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Possess current hospital experience (within 5 years) or be a new nursing graduate (within 2 years). Prefer at least 1 year of experience in hospital clinical nursing. Possess a service orientation.
- Licenses/Certifications
- State of Illinois RN license.
- CPR certification within 3 months of hire.
- ACLS within one year of hire.
- PALS within one year of hire.
- Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois.
- The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community.
- These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care.
- The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN.
- The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.
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