RN- Med Surg Part Time Nights

More than just a job, it’s a vocation

Worker Type: Regular

Position Overview:

Our newly established facility, opened in 2014, features a Med-Surg Department with 13 beds, alongside 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. Our facility is secured 24/7 to ensure the safety of both patients and staff. Nurses 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 to be an excellent starting point for their careers, often choosing to stay long-term due to their positive experiences!

Our team is often described as a second family, making this a truly wonderful workplace.

Schedule:

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

Job Summary:

Provide direct nursing care in alignment with the established policies, procedures, and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Key Responsibilities and Qualifications:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Apply medical-surgical nursing standards to enhance patient care and quality of life by systematically assessing the effectiveness of nursing practices.
• Build effective relationships and advocate for patients and their families to create personalized care plans.
• Utilize the nursing process to develop and execute care plans, gather assessment data, establish nursing diagnoses, identify expected outcomes, implement interventions, and evaluate results.
• Create assessment and management strategies considering the physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure aspects of health responses.
• Demonstrate understanding of how actual or potential illnesses affect each patient’s overall status.
• Exhibit leadership by coordinating with patients, families, communities, and the inter-professional team to assess needs, set goals, plan interventions, provide care, and evaluate outcomes.
• Engage in effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure culturally sensitive, ethical, and compassionate care within available resources.
• Educate patients and families on health promotion, maintenance, and comfort measures.
• Promote a healthy work environment by mentoring and serving as a role model for nursing colleagues and students.
• Incorporate evidence-based practices and scientific knowledge into medical-surgical nursing, ensuring care meets age-specific and clinical needs as outlined in the department’s Scope of Service.
• Maintain a constant state of alertness and safety.
• May conduct point-of-care testing in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Education:

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

Experience:

• No prior experience necessary.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly use speech for oral communication.
• Consistently stand and walk.
• Frequently lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Engage in frequent sitting, reaching, and data entry.
• Utilize vision for near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) distances, including color differentiation.
• Employ smell to detect and recognize odors.
• Use hearing to receive oral communication and identify body sounds or alarms.
• Occasionally lift or move objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasionally assist in lifting or moving patients.
• Occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, grip, and perform repetitive movements with feet, legs, hands, and arms.
• Occasionally drive.
• Rarely crawl or run.

Required Professional Licenses 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)

State of Work Location: 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

State of Work Location: 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)

State of Work Location: 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 (United States)

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 parental 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 their 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.