Registered Nurse-Hospital at Home Part Time Days

About the role

The Home Hospital RN reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Medicine, adheres to the State of Illinois Nurse Practice Act, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Care Coordination
• Communicates changes in patient’s condition promptly
• Utilizes appropriate nursing diagnosis and data from the assessment to derive realistic outcomes and documents measurable goals on the plan of care
• Collaborates with patient, family, and other members of the health care team when planning patient care
• Affirms completed discharge instructions, medication reconciliation, and provides information to patient/family regarding the use of the patient portal and other pertinent resources
• Patient Education/Ethic and Diversity
• Treats patients, families and staff in a caring manner with respect and dignity
• Adheres to ethical standards of practice
• Implements nursing interventions consistent with the established plan of care based on evidenced based care
• Participates in clinical LADDER project or process improvement at the unit/organization level
• Healing Safe Environment
• Demonstrates safe medication administration through the use of bar coding
• Participates in unit safety facilitator or as identified resource for quality initiatives as requested
• Relationship to Colleagues
• Oversees and directs the work of patient care or support techs; maintains overall accountability for the care of assigned patients
• Participates in peer evaluation process by providing feedback to colleagues on a regular basis, and through participation in clinical case peer review
• Works collaboratively with all hospital services to responsibly accomplish daily work and maintain an environment of excellence
• Identifies barriers to effective clinical practice and communicates to nursing leadership and practice operations council
• Resource Utilization
• Ensures an appropriate level of care order is documented in the EMR for all admissions
• Participates in any value-based unit/organizational initiative
• Uses technology
• Utilizes the guardrails for the Alaris pump
• Utilizes the bed management system
• Identifies new technologies for unit, hospital or system use
• Relationship to Self
• Attends internal professional development offerings i.e. Schwartz Rounds, Nursing Grand Rounds
• Obtains certification in the nursing specialty of practice
• Participates in professional organization through membership, leadership, or committee work
• Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position)

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Minimum of one-year of recent nursing experience in acute or emergency setting
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with others
• Strong analytic abilities