RN- Med Surg Part Time Nights

More than just a job, it's a vocation

Location: Medical Center in Ripon

Employment Type: Regular

Position Overview:

Our newly established facility, opened in 2014, features a Med-Surg Department with 13 beds, linked to a 3-bed ICU. We maintain a patient-to-nurse ratio of 4:1 during the day and 5:1 at night, with Certified Nursing Assistants available on all shifts. To ensure safety, we provide 24/7 security for both patients and staff. Nurses typically work 12-hour shifts and are scheduled every third weekend. Being a smaller facility allows us to foster meaningful relationships with our patients.

Many nurses find the Med-Surg Department at our facility to be an excellent starting point for their careers, often falling in love with the environment and choosing to stay long-term. Our team is frequently described as a second family, making this a truly rewarding workplace.

Work Schedule:

• Week 1: Tuesday
• Week 2: Thursday, Saturday
• Week 3: Thursday
• Week 4: Tuesday, Thursday
• Week 5: Saturday
• Week 6: Wednesday, Thursday

Position Summary:

This role involves delivering direct nursing care in alignment with the established policies, procedures, and protocols of our healthcare organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Apply medical-surgical nursing standards to enhance patient care and quality of life through systematic evaluation of nursing practices.
• Build effective relationships and advocate for patients and their families to create personalized care plans.
• Utilize the nursing process to formulate and execute care plans, gather assessment data, establish nursing diagnoses, identify expected outcomes, and evaluate results.
• Develop assessment and management strategies considering various dimensions of human responses to health issues.
• Demonstrate understanding of how illnesses affect patients' physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure aspects.
• Exhibit leadership by collaborating with patients, families, and the inter-professional team to assess needs, set goals, and evaluate care outcomes.
• Engage in effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure culturally sensitive and ethical care.
• Educate patients and families on health promotion, maintenance, and comfort measures.
• Promote a healthy work environment by mentoring nursing colleagues and students.
• Incorporate evidence-based practices into medical-surgical nursing to meet age-specific and clinical needs.
• Maintain a state of alertness and safety while performing duties.
• May conduct point-of-care testing as per established policies.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned.

Education Requirements:

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program or equivalent educational background for licensing.

Experience:

• No prior experience necessary.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly communicate verbally to convey information.
• Frequent standing and walking required.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling objects weighing between 0-25 lbs.
• Regular sitting, reaching, and data entry tasks.
• Frequent visual acuity for near and far distances, including color differentiation.
• Regularly use smell to identify odors.
• Frequently use hearing to receive verbal communication and detect alarms.
• Occasional lifting of objects weighing 25-50 lbs and moving patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, and other physical movements.
• Rarely required to crawl or run.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

For Illinois:

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

For Missouri:

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Or Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State

For Oklahoma:

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
• Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)

For Wisconsin:

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State
• Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift: Night Shift

Job Type: Employee

Department: Medical/Surgical

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 18

Benefits:

We value our outstanding employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package tailored to their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: Eligible team members receive one week of paid leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: Our voluntary benefit through DailyPay allows eligible hourly team members to access earned, unpaid base pay before payday (fees may apply).
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: We provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

We are an equal opportunity employer and 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.