Registered Nurse, Intermediate Care, Full-Time, Days

About the role

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time, day-shift Registered Nurse for their Intermediate Care Center at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, IN.

Responsibilities

• Perform the priority (high risk, high frequency) technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.
• Establish and/or revise priorities for job/patient care activities based on the acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request, consideration of other department or staff priorities, timelines and plans.
• Respond to data indicating potential or actual risk to an individual's physical or emotional health by initiating action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk.
• Advocate for the patient or family when necessary to achieve appropriate outcomes.
• Maintain accountability for own and delegated actions and decisions.
• Bases actions and decisions on scientific principles/logic, successful experiences, intuition, standards of practice/protocols, and organizational values.
• Solicit supervision, consultation, or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.
• Use internal and/or external resources to resolve and/or prevent problems that cannot be managed independently.
• Develop or revise a plan of care for assigned patients based on initial and ongoing data. Includes measurable goals/outcomes; reflects the values, preferences and limitations of patients and/or family members; identifies interventions to achieve outcomes/goals; addresses pertinent physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and learning problems/needs.
• Initiate or maintain interventions to assure continuity of safe and effective care for patients across the entire continuum of care.
• Modify, continue or discontinue interventions, goals, or timeframes, according to evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency and/or patient satisfaction.
• Document, consistently and within established guidelines, assessments, interventions, actions, data collection results and outcomes of interventions.
• Use interpersonal communication strategies with all members of the team in order to achieve desirable and acceptable outcomes or responses and perception of satisfaction by those involved.
• Delegate to other staff members based upon acuity/complexity of need, role definition and ability to perform, and the collective needs of patients, families and unit.
• Maintain accountability for achieving appropriate outcomes/goals associated with delegated acts.
• Maintain awareness of advances in clinical specialty.
• Contribute to the department's ability to achieve and maintain clinical excellence, customer-focused service excellence, fiscal responsibility, innovative and talented people, and the best place to work.
• Contribute to the development of co-workers through positive role modeling, resource assistance and direct feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana.
• Candidates hired after January 1, 2014, must have or obtain a BSN within five (5) years of employment as a Registered Nurse or will have the option to become certified in their area of specialty.

Qualifications

• Advanced analytical skills necessary to solve complex problems and make decisions related to patient care.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, patients, visitors, physicians and others.
• The ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner.
• An understanding of the need to be responsive and reasonably adaptable for scheduling purposes, when necessary, due to extenuating circumstances in support of co-workers and department functions.

Skills

• Knowledge and competency in performing nursing care procedures, assessments, treatment and techniques.
• Ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner.
• Responsive and adaptable for scheduling purposes, when necessary, due to extenuating circumstances in support of co-workers and department functions.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance through Cigna Life Insurance
• 403(b) Matching Retirement Fund
• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Shift Differentials
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition and Certification Reimbursement
• Clinical Ladder Program
• Local and National Discounts
• Beacon Academy Educational Courses
• Gym Membership Discount

Pay

Details TBD

Schedule

Days