Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, Full-Time, Days

About the role

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time, day-shift Registered Nurse for their Progressive Care Unit 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 values, preferences and limitations of patient and/or family; 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-effective care for patients across the entire continuum of care.
• Modify, continuing or discontinuing interventions, goals, or time frames, 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, 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.
• Contributing 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.
• Follow through and complete other job-related assignments or requests for assistance.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• 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.
• The certification must be maintained based on accrediting body standards.

Qualifications

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

Skills

• Knowledge of clinical specialty advancements.
• Ability to contribute to team development through role modeling, resource assistance, and feedback.
• Ability to follow through on job-related assignments or requests for assistance.

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: 0700-1930, Every third weekend

Schedule

Full-Time/FTE 0.9 (36 hrs/wk)