Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA);
• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR);
• National Nursing Certification - Varies,

Education: Bachelor's Degree: Nursing (Required),

Work Experience: Nursing, 2+ years

• Coordinates daily nursing and staffing activities of department. Monitoring and oversight of daily nursing workflow. This will include performing staff nursing duties as needed to ensure adequate staffing and delivery of safe patient care.
• Participation in all nursing and organizational leadership programs, meetings and initiatives. Facilitates nursing meetings and attends daily staffing meetings to provide consistent nursing representation and feedback.
• Participates in hiring/interview panels for nurses and demonstrates good judgment in interview process.
• Development and implementation of departmental and organizational policies/procedures and initiatives. Maintains nursing policies, procedures, and practices.
• Communicates effectively and professionally within department and throughout the organization.
• Monitoring of all quality initiatives and process improvement activities in the department. Coordinate quality outcome metrics and data to support quality activities. Develops, implements and participates in Quality Improvement initiatives and performs quality audits as directed/needed.
• Facilitates and Participates in Root-Cause Analysis process for ARC.
• Role modeling through the prioritization of activities, the setting and attaining of professional, personal, and processional goals.
• Provides on call coverage 24/7, 365 days per year. Compensation for on-call is reflected in this positions salary. Provides unit RN coverage in the event that all other options are exhausted and coverage cannot be obtained.
• Provides and facilitates competent health care of patients and families in area of practice. Ensures adherence to established standards of care and scope of practice.
• Monitoring and oversight of ordering of department supplies, equipment, and medication.
• Other administrative nursing duties as assigned by the Program Manager.

• Provides ARC nursing representation in committees within and out of department.
• Provides education and training to nursing staff, including supervision of all nurses at a minimum of monthly.
• Provides education and training to agency nursing and nursing interns.
• Participates and attends all trainings and education.
• Continues to professionally develop own leadership skills and abilities.
• Ensures competencies are up to date for all nursing staff and notifies nurses of educational opportunities.

• Provides unit coverage when needed.
• Acts at the liaison for our unit and the patient’s primary care and other providers.
• Scheduled follow up appointment for patients on the unit as directed/needed.
• Performs weekly vital signs on all patients on the unit as directed/needed.
• Provides coverage of the Addiction Medicine Clinic when needed.
• Anticipates the needs of the unit nurse and of patients.
• Demonstrates quality and accurate nursing judgement.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness in resolving issues or inquiries, solution focused behavior.
• Strives to exceed customer expectations of service, teamwork, and respect by consistently displaying Carle FOCUS values and behavior standards.

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Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

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