Staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $30-50 per hour

Company: Loyola Medicine
Location: Oak Park
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Loyola Medicine is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Oak Park, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Permanent Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day Shift
  Description:Registered Nurse RN
  Oak Park/Elmhurst, IL
  
  Great opportunity for a Registered Nurse, RN professional to work in an organization that focuses on treating the whole person, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Loyola University Medical Center is located approximately 30 minutes from Downtown Chicago!
  We are seeking a Triage Ambulatory Registered Nurse (RN) who is dedicated to providing exceptional care to those we serve at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) Ambulatory. In return, we provide a supportive atmosphere where you can grow your career and make a lasting impact. We are a team-oriented unit that provides opportunities to manage a wide range of diagnoses and advancement of nursing skills. Join us and become !
  
  We offer our RNs:
  --- Benefits from Day One
  --- Career Development
  --- Tuition Reimbursement
  --- On Site Fitness Center (Gottlieb Memorial Hospital & LUMC)
  --- Certification reimbursement (up to 1 certification)
  --- Referral Rewards
  Our Promise to You:
  Joining Loyola Medicine is being a part of an organization that treats the human spirit in our patients and fellow colleagues. We are a part of a community which believes in giving back to those we serve.
  --- We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities
  --- We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners
  What Registered Nurse RN will need:
  --- A Degree from an accredited school/college of nursing is required - BSN or ADN
  --- BLS Provider (accredited by the American Heart Association) required prior to hire
  --- Illinois Board of Nursing license prior to hire Clinical Practice. Uses the nursing process (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation/Coordination/Teaching and Promotion, Evaluation) to guide practice and respond to patient needs.
  • Gathers pertinent data and information relative to patients' health status and needs and analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems or issues.
  • Identifies expected outcomes or goals of care based on a plan to individualize care and in collaboration with patients, families, groups, communities or populations served.
  • Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected outcomes or goals.
  • Nurses systematically implement the individualized care plan, facilitates the coordination of care with inter and intra-professional colleagues and employs strategies for health teaching and promotion.
  • Evaluates progress toward achieving defined outcomes/goals and change the plan if necessary.
  • Implements evidenced-based approaches to care. Professional Practice. Expected to engage in professional role activities, including leadership, appropriate to their education and position. Accountable for their professional actions to themselves, their healthcare consumers, their peers and to society.
    • Uses resources and speaks up to help evaluate situations where unethical behavior is in question. Consults other professionals to initiate ethical consults when needed.
    • Works with a questioning attitude raises clinical concerns. Uses current literature toguide practice and offer ideas for improve practice and outcomes.
      • Implements practices that are congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
      • Communicates effectively and speaks up when communication from others is not clear and may endanger the safety of patients, families, groups, communities or colleagues. Effective verbal and written communication in the form of documentation in the medical record are essential to effective practice. Seeks assistance to resolve conflict if unable to resolve independently.
      • Collaboration with patients and families is essential in developing an effective plan of care and nurses must collaborate inter and intra-professionally for effective practice. Actively participates in interdisciplinary care planning.
      • The level of leadership for a Registered Nurse 2 (RN 2) is consistent with the level of experience, knowledge and licensure. Must delegate appropriately and effectively to unlicensed assistive personnel and ensure the quality of work. Effectively evaluatse the completion of delegated care and provides feedback to unlicensed assistive personnel and other nurses.
      • Continues to learn and develop competence that reflects current nursing practice. Completion of assigned learning materials and competency activities is expected within orientation and beyond. Seeks feedback to improve performance and raise questions when unsure of the correct path for patient care or professional performance.
      • Expected to contribute to the professional growth of others by acting as a preceptor, clinical coach and mentor to novice nurses and nursing students.
      • Seeks evidence-based solutions to clinical issues and integrate them into practice.
        • Nurses contribute to quality nursing practice. Seeks to understand the metrics used to evaluate the effectiveness of overall nursing practice by participating in department huddles and meetings. Identifies opportunities to improve practice and seeks support to implement change. Actively participates in improvement projects and supports evidence-based changes to practice.
        • Utilizes resources appropriately to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible. Speaks up when resources are needed and advocates for patients, so resources are provided as needed across the continuum of care.
        • Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner. This includes the handlingand disposing of medication and biohazardous material. Knowledge of and adherence to regulatory guidelines is expected. Caring. Caring is an essential component of nursing practice and is demonstrated through concrete acts, interpersonal connections, verbal and nonverbal communication. Nurses also promote self-care and care for the environment and society. Loyola Medicine values are actively demonstrated in the behaviors of the RN.
          
          Safety. Advocates for safety in patient care and within the work environment by raising concerns, reporting safety events, reporting conditions that could cause a safety event (near misses), by participating in investigation of safety events and improvement efforts and by implementing best practices to improve safety.
          
          Living Our Values. Demonstrates the Trinity Health/Loyola Medicine values in every interaction with patients, families, visitors, colleagues and providers.
          
          Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
          
          Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
          
          Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
          
          Loyola Medicine Job ID . Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Primary Care - Oak Park
          
          About Loyola Medicine Loyola Medicine , a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from more than 1,500 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. Loyola Medicine hospitals have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report in the magazine's Best Hospitals rankings. Once again, Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) has been ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the state of Illinois, as it has been since U.S. News hospital rankings began in 2013.
          
          Our Mission
          
          We, Loyola Medicine, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.
          
          Our Core Values
          
          Reverence
          
          We honor the sacredness and dignity of every person.
          
          Commitment to Those Who are Poor
          
          We stand with and serve those who are poor, especially those most vulnerable.
          
          Safety
          
          We embrace a culture that prevents harm and nurtures a healing, safe environment for all.
          
          Justice
          
          We foster right relationships to promote the common good, including sustainability of Earth.
          
          Stewardship
          
          We honor our heritage and hold ourselves accountable for the human . click apply for full job details

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