Acute Care RN-Medical Surgical Registered Nurse

About the role

MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center is a 22-bed critical access hospital in western Illinois and Mercy County's sole healthcare provider. The position involves providing and directing safe, effective, and culturally competent care for patients with acute medical and surgical conditions.

Responsibilities

• Conducts an initial assessment to gather data and completes an admission assessment database within 24 hours of admission.
• Identifies patient problems and develops them into an outcome/goal-based plan of care.
• Prioritizes patient care needs/activities and collaborates with other health care disciplines to plan interventions/ patient outcomes/goals.
• Implements the outcome/goal-based plan of care, assigns and coordinates patient care, organizes and prioritizes care for the patients within the team, delegates tasks appropriately to other team members, and implements the plan of care including procedures, treatments, physicians orders, nursing orders, education plan and medications.
• Coordinates implementation of plan of care with the Case Manager, Social Worker and other health care disciplines, assists to decrease the patient’s length of stay by helping the patient and family identify and secure appropriate services to satisfy health-related needs upon discharge, uses nursing judgment to determine the appropriate frequency and components of reassessment, reassesses at regular intervals to determine patient response(s) to interventions, evaluates patient progress and revises the outcome/goal-based plan as needed, communicates relevant clinical information to the team to optimize patient outcomes/goals, communicates relevant clinical information to physicians regarding the patient’s condition, reports progress toward outcomes/goals and/or changes in condition to other health team members, maintains ongoing communication with interdisciplinary team members throughout the shift, at shift change, and transfer of care, documents completely, comprehensively and legibly and in accordance with policy, demonstrates clinical competence, utilizes Patient Care Policies and Procedure as references to guide nursing practice, assures medication safety by following the “5 Rights” of medication administration, prioritizes and implements intervention according to patient assessment, demonstrates competency in computer systems and applications required for role, receives, transcribes and processes and implements physician orders per policy including dating, timing and verifying accuracy, maintains communication with the manager/house supervisor and staffing office regarding admissions, unit needs, acuity numbers and significant events, completes assigned shift duties and assures resolution of discrepancies, manages telemetry and cardiac monitoring when applicable, demonstrates clinical competency and technical knowledge in cardiac rhythm interpretation and telemetry monitoring, recognizes and responds appropriately to cardiac arrhythmias and other changes in patient condition, must be capable of managing multiple patients requiring continuous cardiac monitoring, provides appropriate interventions for patients experiencing cardiac events or changes in rhythm, may be required to assist with data collection and quality improvement initiatives, must be willing to serve as a resource to other hospital services (nursing, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, respiratory, etc.), may be asked to participate in unit-based committees and provide education to nursing staff as requested.

Requirements

• Associate degree in nursing required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Current Illinois RN license.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required only if the unit has telemetry monitoring capabilities.
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter – Child and/or Dependent Adult Abuse training within three (3) months of hire.
• High language, intermediate to high math, high critical thinking ability.
• Basic computer skills required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of acute care nursing experience.
• Experience in a critical access hospital setting preferred.

Skills

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.
• Knowledge of patient care policies and procedures.
• Proficiency in computer systems and applications.

Benefits

Competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!

Pay

$32.74 - $49.11 per hour

Schedule

.9 FTE, 36 hours per week, Day shift 6:45 am - 7:15 pm, Every other weekend, Rotating holidays