RN, Hospital​/Nights & Wkend

Provide nursing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of actual or potential health needs of patients, families, and communities. This role also provides nursing care supportive of or restorative of life by providing nursing care, supervising, teaching, counseling, or referring to other health resources.

This position is scheduled 12‑hour shifts from 6:00 pm to 6:30 am. Night Shift Differential: $3.50 per hour. Weekend Shift Differential: $2.50 per hour.

Benefit eligible at 48 hours per pay period!

• Make decisions using the individual RN’s educational preparation. These decisions require specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skill based on psychological, biological, physical, and social science principles.
• Accept responsibility for knowing legal licensing parameters of his/her practice.
• Accept only those assignments for which he/she is qualified.
• Comply with JMHS processes, policies and procedures and state regulatory acts.
• Communicate with Director of Patient Care Services about problems and concerns.
• Attend in‑services and classes striving to upgrade/update knowledge base.
• Attend 75% of nursing staff meetings.
• Assume role of coordinating and administrating patient care by delegating responsibilities and holding staff accountable for nursing care.
• Demonstrate a balanced professional knowledge of patient diagnosis and assessed medical care plan.
• Keep an open, professional line of communication for good working relationships with all facility employees.
• Inform Director of Patient Care Services of any pertinent patient/staff problems and keep Director of Patient Care Services informed of patient progress problems.
• Assist with staff evaluations.
• Night charge RN responsible to check ER and ICU crash carts, stock lists, and glucometers.
• Selecting instruments, equipment, and supplies appropriate to procedures.
• Prepare sterile field and instruments.
• Maintain integrity/sterility of the surgical field.
• Anticipate and provide instruments, sutures, and supplies needed by surgeon & assistant.
• Implement procedures that contribute to patient safety, i.e., surgical counts, thermoregulation.
• Proper identification and care of the specimens on the sterile field.
• Proper identification and use of medications as directed by the surgeon.
• Demonstrate behaviors that align with Johnson Memorial Health Services’ Core Values:
  Together, Kindness and Trust.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.

• Current license to practice nursing in the state.
• Minimum of six months of recent experience as a professional nurse.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Prolonged periods of standing, bending, and reaching.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care

JHMS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, JHMS will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the Human Resources Department. JMHS is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.