RN​/Ortho Nurse - Bloomington

Job Title

bRN/Ortho Nurse – Bloomington – FT

bGibson Area Hospital & Health Services

Base: $30.00/hr – $45.00/hr (Actual pay based on skills and experience)

bBLOOMINGTON CLINIC/ORTHOPAEDICS

To provide personalized, professional healthcare services to the residents of the communities we serve.

• Performs assessment and data collection in an ongoing systematic manner, focusing on the patient's physiologic and cognitive status.
• Formulates or individualizes a predefined, goal consistent and continuous manner by utilization of and adherence to pre-determined standards which define the structure, process, and desired patient outcomes of nursing process.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by self and by all health care team members. Also, evaluates contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in processing patients toward desired outcomes.
• Demonstrates competency in select psychomotor skills adhering to predefined written procedures.
• Identifies patient learning needs and readiness for learning. Implements patient/s significant other instruction to meet self-care needs as defined in standards of care and patient teaching protocols.
• Performs documentation responsibilities following all existing structure standards and guidelines for forms used in the Division of Nursing and specialty assigned areas.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient rights as identified within the institution.
• Functions with an awareness of and adherence to safety requirements as identified in existing standards.
• Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, performing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas and structure standards, patient care resources/references, protocols, pertinent drugs, standard of care, and significant lab values.
• Demonstrates an awareness of self-responsibility and accountability for own professional practice within the Illinois Practice Act.
• Participates actively in staff development activities by sharing knowledge with others and using appropriate teaching/learning strategies to assist peers.
• Demonstrates self-directed learning and participation in continuing education to meet own professional development.
• Seeks validation of knowledge base, skill level, and decision making as necessary and assertively requests guidance in areas of question.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of professional practice and patient care and strives to manage situations in reduced-risk manner.
• Participates in development and attainment of unit and department of nursing goals.
• Participates in development of standards at both the generic and unit specific levels, demonstrates an attitude of acceptance/importance of standards in all professional practice strives to achieve minimal compliance levels and uses “professional modification” measures with sound clinical judgment.
• Activity involves self in Performance Improvement( PI) activities at the generic and unit levels through use of data resources and compliance peer review monitoring.
• Demonstrates willingness and ability to effectively coordinate patient care/unit activities among nursing staff, physicians, and support services in both the care manager and shift leader role.
• Demonstrates effective organization and priority settings abilities in using self, human, and material resources in a time oriented and cost containment manner.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills by implementing existing communication methods (i.e., staff meetings, communication boards, etc.) and always attempting to receive and give information in a timely, concise, clear, and positive manner.
• Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members, patients, and families.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of lines of authority in clinical and operational matters when seeking direction, validating self-decision making, and resolving problematic issues.
• Remains flexible in staffing patterns and in resolution of staffing conflicts; participates in…