RN Full-time Nights - Accepting New Grads

New Graduates Welcome! $15,000 Sign On Bonus for this full-time Registered Nurse (RN) position on our Med/Surg team. Shift is 36 hours per week, 1900 to 0700, with weekend and holiday rotation.

About the role

Join Watertown Regional Medical Center, an acute-care hospital in southeastern Wisconsin that consistently earns national awards for high-quality care from Becker's Hospital Review, Chartis, Healthgrades, The Leapfrog Group, and parent company ScionHealth. The hospital holds numerous accreditations and certifications, reflecting exceptional care across multiple specialty services.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation.
• Develop nursing care plans in coordination with patient, family, and interdisciplinary staff as necessary.
• Communicate changes in patient’s clinical condition with Physicians, Nursing Supervisor/Manager, and co-workers as appropriate.
• Participate in the discharge planning process.
• Maintain the standard of nursing care and implement policies and procedures of the hospital and nursing department.
• Direct, supervise, provide, and evaluate nursing care provided to patients.
• Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs, potential for harm, complexity of the task, and scope of practice of the staff to whom the task is delegated.
• Assign nursing care team members according to patient needs, team member’s capabilities, and qualifications.
• Document patient admission assessment and reassessments, patient care plans, and other pertinent information in the patient’s medical record according to nursing standards and policies.
• Perform assessment on all patients on admission and reassessments as per policy; make referrals to other disciplines based on assessment.
• Develop and update nursing care plans, ensuring coordination with patient, family, and other team members.
• Assess and reassess pain; utilize appropriate pain management techniques and educate the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Revise the plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment and evaluate the overall plan daily for effectiveness.
• Perform patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for the patient’s age.
• Receive physician’s orders, ensure transcription is accurate, and document completion.
• Administer medication utilizing the five rights of medication administration to reduce the potential for medication errors.
• Formulate a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluate the effectiveness of learning; include family in teaching as appropriate.
• Assist physicians with examinations, treatments, and special procedures; perform services requiring technical and manual skills within scope of practice.
• Treat patients and their families with respect and dignity; identify and address psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs.
• Function as a liaison between administration, patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers.
• Interpret data about the patient’s status to identify age-specific needs and provide appropriate care.
• Perform all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
• Initiate or assist with emergency measures for sudden adverse developments in patients’ conditions.
• Answer telephone, paging system, patients’ call lights, anticipate patients’ needs, and make rounds of assigned patients.
• Consult other departments to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the patient’s needs.
• Provide end-of-shift report to oncoming nurse; ensure narcotics are counted, documentation is complete, and physician orders are signed off.
• Communicate appropriately and clearly to management, co-workers, and physicians.
• Identify and address psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicate with Social Service/Discharge Planner regarding in-hospital and post-discharge needs.
• Participate in orientation, instruction, and training of new personnel.
• Manage and operate equipment safely and correctly.
• Serve on hospital committees as assigned by the director/manager.
• Perform and record chart audits as assigned by the director/manager.
• Maintain accurate cycle counts of narcotics on both medical and surgical units as directed.
• Check and log crash carts, ensuring equipment functionality with and without a direct power source; verify medication/supply levels and integrity of the lock.
• Report any crash cart discrepancies to pharmacy, director, and RL solution.
• Perform daily briefs, debriefs, and huddles according to facility/policy standards.
• Participate in IDT rounds daily; coordinate the presence of staff nurses at the bedside for IDT rounds.
• Assign medical and surgical nursing care to rapid response teams and code teams daily according to team member’s capabilities and qualifications.
• Report unexpected events by entering RL solutions and adding scanned attachments of event-related documentation.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Associate Degree in Nursing, or Nursing Diploma program.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications are required.
• De-escalation training required.
• Minimum six months’ Medical/Surgical experience in an acute care setting preferred.
• Knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age and clinical condition of the patient.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Able to organize tasks, develop action plans, set priorities, and function in stressful situations.
• Ability to maintain a good working relationship both within the department and with other departments.
• Must read, write, and speak fluent English.
• Must have good and regular attendance.

Pay

$15,000 Sign On Bonus.

Schedule

36 hours per week, 1900 to 0700, with weekend and holiday rotation.