More than just a job, it's a vocation.
Location: WI - SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Madison
Employment Type: Regular
Position Overview:
This role involves delivering direct nursing care in environments where patients require intricate assessments and interventions, adhering to the established policies, procedures, and protocols of our organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gather comprehensive information relevant to the patient from the individual, family, and other healthcare professionals to create a complete understanding of the patient's needs or condition.
- Evaluate and integrate data from assessments to determine diagnoses or conditions pertinent to care.
- Collaborate with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team to identify optimal outcomes for the patient.
- Formulate a plan that outlines strategies and alternatives to achieve desired outcomes, utilizing clinical judgment in partnership with the patient, family, and care team.
- Execute the plan, employing methods to ensure a safe environment, and coordinating efforts with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team.
- Assess processes and progress towards achieving goals and outcomes.
- Enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, reflect on personal practice, and stay updated with current knowledge and skills.
- Communicate effectively across all areas of practice, collaborating with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team.
- Utilize clinical inquiry and incorporate best evidence into practice.
- Implement evidence-based practices and scientific knowledge in critical care nursing, ensuring care is tailored to the patient's age-specific and clinical needs as outlined in the department's Scope of Service.
- Maintain a constant state of alertness and operate safely.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Graduate from an accredited nursing program or equivalent educational background for licensing.
Experience:
- No prior experience is necessary.
Physical Demands:
- Regularly use speech for oral communication.
- Consistently stand and walk.
- Frequently lift, carry, and push/pull objects weighing between 0-25 lbs.
- Occasionally sit, reach, and engage in data entry.
- Regularly utilize vision and depth perception for near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) distances, as well as to identify and differentiate colors.
- Frequently use smell to detect and recognize odors.
- Regularly use hearing to receive oral communication and identify body sounds or alarms.
- Occasionally lift, carry, and push/pull objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasionally assist in lifting/moving patients.
- Occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, grip, and perform repetitive movements with feet/legs and hands/arms.
- Occasionally drive.
- Rarely crawl or run.
Licensure and Certifications:
State of Work Location: Illinois
- Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Work Shift: Night Shift (United States)
Job Type: Employee
Department: 1006000007 Neuroscience Center (7SW)
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36
Benefits:
Our organization values its outstanding employees and offers a comprehensive benefits package tailored to meet their needs.
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Paid Parental Leave: Eligible team members receive one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
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Flexible Payment Options: Our voluntary benefit through DailyPay allows eligible hourly team members to access their earned, unpaid base pay instantly (fees may apply) before payday.
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Upfront Tuition Coverage: We provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
RN-Stepdown/Critical Care