REGISTERED NURSE - REGISTRY-PRN in Chicago, Illinois at Sinai Chicago

About Us:

At Sinai Health System d/b/a Sinai Chicago, we take health care personally. Excellence in health care is about more than just medicine, technology, tests, and treatments, it is about really caring for people with dignity and respect. That is what we do. We are dedicated to providing the best care to meet the needs of people, for our community, for our patients and for you.

Key Job Activities:

• Provides nursing care by individualizing interventions for patients with problems of a non-routine nature.
• Utilizing the nursing process, identifies complex variables and inter-relationships of the assessment data.
• Includes discharge planning needs into plan for care and initiates processes to obtain necessary referrals to assist patient/family and expedite discharge.
• Includes discharge planning needs into plan for care and initiates processes to obtain necessary referrals to assist patient/family and expedite discharge.
• Implements physician and nursing orders as appropriate involving patient, family significant others.
• Seeks out opportunities to enhance technical competence.
• Takes appropriate action in anticipation of potential life-threatening or emergency situations.
• Uses equipment and supplies in a safe and cost efficient manner.
• Corrects actual or potential incidents of staff, environment, and/or equipment deficiencies.
• Organizes and prioritizes nursing activities in an efficient and effective manner.
• Participates actively and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to develop a common approach or to modify health care needs.
• Guides and apprises ancillary personnel in the performance of technical skills.
• Reinforces to others the principles of “Customer Service” philosophy.
• Functions in the role of charge nurse.
• Maintains confidentiality in matters relating to patients and/or staff members.
• Demonstrates understanding of professional responsibility extending beyond own patient care assignment.
• Completes self-evaluation, which demonstrates insight into own strengths and areas for professional development.
• Actively participates in educational opportunities to meet learning needs of self and other. Develops an awareness of relationship between research and nursing practice.

Education and Work Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Successful completion of Hospital and Departmental orientation programs
• One year of nursing experience within area of desired practice preferred

Certifications/Licenses:

• Currently licensed as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Illinois or recent nursing graduate pending licensure
• BLS required ACLS(PREFERRED); other credentials may be required post-hire based on clinical area