What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN- OR 10-hour day shift OSF Saint Fracis Medical Center position at Fidelity on Call LTD?
Registered Professional Nurses at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Illinois are licensed professionals empowered to participate in an interdisciplinary approach to meet the expectations of those we serve. As members of the Professional Nursing Congress, the registered nurses are actively involved in the continued evidence based development of best practices to ensure individualized and desired outcomes at discharge. Registered Nurses receive recognition for their involvement through the Recognition of Professional Excellence Clinical Ladder Program. Nursing practice follows the mission of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis serving our community with the “greatest care and love”.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
1.The job incumbent is required to demonstrate the critical care knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. This requires that the incumbent demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development as well as the physical, emotional and psycho-social needs of the patient population served.
2.Work requires a professional level of knowledge of nursing practice and theory at a level that generally can be acquired by completion and graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
3.Current State license as a Registered Nurse required.
4.Work requires a minimum of four months intra-operative orientation and on-the-job training to learn department/unit policies, procedures and work routines; to develop proficiency in use of medical equipment and instruments used on assigned unit; to learn nursing care and quality assurance standards; and gain an understanding of the types of patients cared for intra-operatively, their needs, and effective nursing interventions. Further team specific orientation may require additional education and on-the-job training.
5.Work requires the interpersonal skills necessary to comfort patients, family members, and/or significant others; to communicate effectively and concisely with other care providers; and to instruct patients, family members, and/or significant others.
6.Work requires analytical ability necessary to assess patient’s physical, psychological and social needs, develops individualized care plans, and evaluate responses to medical and nursing interventions.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
7.Provides professional nursing care by performing both complex and routine duties such as scrubbing and circulating for surgery. In doing so, utilizes nursing process to provide all levels of nursing care, pre, intra, and post-operatively. Services as a team leader on a rotating basis.
8.Functions as a clinical resource person to various department personnel and other patient care givers assigned to unit. Assists in identifying and resolving clinical and operational problems that may inhibit the quality or timeliness of patient care services.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: (The following statements describe the physical abilities required to perform the essential job functions, although exceptions may be made to these requirements based on the principle of reasonable accommodation.)
1. Work requires the ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 45 lbs from floor to waist at an occasional level and up to 20 lbs from waist to crown at an occasional level.
2.Work requires ability to stand at a continuous level.
3.Work requires ability to forward bend, rotational movements at trunk, forward reaching with bilateral hands or a combination of all movement at a frequent level.
4.Work requires average bilateral hand coordination skill at a continuous level.
5.Work requires ability to push and/or pull with both arms to manipulate wheelchairs, beds, supply carts, and/or patients on gurneys requiring force of up to 70 lbs at an occasional level a daily basis.
6.Work requires ability to pull up to 20 lbs of force with one arm fro 5-10 minutes at a frequent level to complete retracting.
7.Work requires proofreading and checking documents for accuracy on a daily basis.
8.Work requires ability to use a keyboard to enter and transform words or data on a daily basis.
9.Work requires ability to use a keyboard and video display terminal to receive, retrieve, and/or¬ audit information and data on a daily basis.
10.Work requires ability to closely examine specimens, images, or other forms of output created by diagnostic equipment on a daily basis.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:
1.Reports to the Patient Care Manager.
2.Functions as a member of a work team. In doing so, regularly assigns and monitors the work of 2-5 patient care team members. Provides support to patient care team members by assisting in patient care duties and clerical functions as needed.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
1.Works in a patient care area where there is exposure to infectious disease, although potential for personal harm or bodily injury is limited when employee follows all safety procedures and uses appropriate safety equipment, including latex products.
2. Frequently exposed to moderately adverse working conditions due to performance of certain distasteful patient care activities with exposure to infectious and/or contagious disease.
3.Occasional exposure (less than twenty-five percent of time) to heavy lifting and toxic substances.
4.Normal patient care environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature, and the like.
5.May be involved in the generation, handling, labeling and/or internal transportation of RCRA regulated Hazardous Waste.
6. Must complete annual training on RCRA regulated Hazardous Waste.
IL RN license, BLS, ACLS, & PALS and minimum 2 years CVOR experience required.
equipment: McKesson Radiology PACS, and McKesson Cardiology CPACS
Floating: Will float to other surgery teams within the surgery department, to include pediatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, and the multispecialty teams.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
1.The job incumbent is required to demonstrate the critical care knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. This requires that the incumbent demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development as well as the physical, emotional and psycho-social needs of the patient population served.
2.Work requires a professional level of knowledge of nursing practice and theory at a level that generally can be acquired by completion and graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
3.Current State license as a Registered Nurse required.
4.Work requires a minimum of four months intra-operative orientation and on-the-job training to learn department/unit policies, procedures and work routines; to develop proficiency in use of medical equipment and instruments used on assigned unit; to learn nursing care and quality assurance standards; and gain an understanding of the types of patients cared for intra-operatively, their needs, and effective nursing interventions. Further team specific orientation may require additional education and on-the-job training.
5.Work requires the interpersonal skills necessary to comfort patients, family members, and/or significant others; to communicate effectively and concisely with other care providers; and to instruct patients, family members, and/or significant others.
6.Work requires analytical ability necessary to assess patient’s physical, psychological and social needs, develops individualized care plans, and evaluate responses to medical and nursing interventions.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
7.Provides professional nursing care by performing both complex and routine duties such as scrubbing and circulating for surgery. In doing so, utilizes nursing process to provide all levels of nursing care, pre, intra, and post-operatively. Services as a team leader on a rotating basis.
8.Functions as a clinical resource person to various department personnel and other patient care givers assigned to unit. Assists in identifying and resolving clinical and operational problems that may inhibit the quality or timeliness of patient care services.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: (The following statements describe the physical abilities required to perform the essential job functions, although exceptions may be made to these requirements based on the principle of reasonable accommodation.)
1. Work requires the ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 45 lbs from floor to waist at an occasional level and up to 20 lbs from waist to crown at an occasional level.
2.Work requires ability to stand at a continuous level.
3.Work requires ability to forward bend, rotational movements at trunk, forward reaching with bilateral hands or a combination of all movement at a frequent level.
4.Work requires average bilateral hand coordination skill at a continuous level.
5.Work requires ability to push and/or pull with both arms to manipulate wheelchairs, beds, supply carts, and/or patients on gurneys requiring force of up to 70 lbs at an occasional level a daily basis.
6.Work requires ability to pull up to 20 lbs of force with one arm fro 5-10 minutes at a frequent level to complete retracting.
7.Work requires proofreading and checking documents for accuracy on a daily basis.
8.Work requires ability to use a keyboard to enter and transform words or data on a daily basis.
9.Work requires ability to use a keyboard and video display terminal to receive, retrieve, and/or¬ audit information and data on a daily basis.
10.Work requires ability to closely examine specimens, images, or other forms of output created by diagnostic equipment on a daily basis.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:
1.Reports to the Patient Care Manager.
2.Functions as a member of a work team. In doing so, regularly assigns and monitors the work of 2-5 patient care team members. Provides support to patient care team members by assisting in patient care duties and clerical functions as needed.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
1.Works in a patient care area where there is exposure to infectious disease, although potential for personal harm or bodily injury is limited when employee follows all safety procedures and uses appropriate safety equipment, including latex products.
2. Frequently exposed to moderately adverse working conditions due to performance of certain distasteful patient care activities with exposure to infectious and/or contagious disease.
3.Occasional exposure (less than twenty-five percent of time) to heavy lifting and toxic substances.
4.Normal patient care environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature, and the like.
5.May be involved in the generation, handling, labeling and/or internal transportation of RCRA regulated Hazardous Waste.
6. Must complete annual training on RCRA regulated Hazardous Waste.
IL RN license, BLS, ACLS, & PALS and minimum 2 years CVOR experience required.
equipment: McKesson Radiology PACS, and McKesson Cardiology CPACS
Floating: Will float to other surgery teams within the surgery department, to include pediatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, and the multispecialty teams.
