Clinical Nurse - Cardiac Cath Lab Full-time Days
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Career Areas
- Growth and Expansion
- $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
- $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
- $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
- $250 Wellbeing Fund per year ($125 for part-time)
- Matching 401(k)
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
- Paid time off and Holiday pay
- Practices in accordance with the patient centered care model
- Develops an individualized age-specific culturally sensitive nursing plan of care for the patient that is based on the nursing process
- Incorporates the role of patient advocate into the plan of care
- Uses a team approach to develop and achieve daily patient-centered individualized care goals
- Acknowledges and values the contributions of the patient's significant others as an integral part of the plan of care
- Identifies potential conflict situations and facilitates resolution using established communication channels
- Promotes and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient
- Protects patients by maintaining a safe environment
- Advances clinical expertise, as demonstrated through pursuit of informal and formal continuing education opportunities and obtaining specialty certification when eligible
- Continuously enhances skills and abilities to ensure the highest quality patient care
- Shares knowledge and expertise through educating team members, patients and students
- Demonstrates critical thinking by integrating theoretical knowledge and expertise to pose relevant clinical questions when evidence and practice differ
- Identifies priorities, sets realistic and measureable goals, prescribes and implements nursing interventions in a safe and timely manner
- Develops and implements individualized education plans for patients and families using suitable instructional materials and methods
- Evaluates and documents the patient's responses to nursing interventions in the health record and properly individualizes the plan of care based on the evaluation of findings
- Identifies situations that require further intervention and escalates appropriately; Consults appropriate experts and resources when needed
- Participates in the formation, implementation and evaluation of team goals
- Appropriately delegates and supervises interventions to implement the plan of care
- Conveys complete, timely and accurate information at hand off at the bedside or any hand off
- Adheres to ethical standards of practice
- Participates in one or more volunteer initiatives annually, Northwestern Memorial organized or on his/her own
- Consistently demonstrates interpersonal connections with patients and families from introduction through discharge
- Proactively responds to patient concerns such as speaking to patients about possible/expected delays in plan of care
- Treats patients, families, visitors and staff in a caring manner with respect and dignity
- Facilities recovery and where appropriate helps ensure a peaceful death for patients
- Is a member of a professional organization or participates on an Northwestern Memorial committee or taskforce at the hospital-wide, departmental, or unit level
- Demonstrates accountability and collaborative practice with co-workers, other disciplines, and departments
- Assumes responsibility for continued professional growth and education reflecting knowledge and understanding of current nursing practice
- Serves as a community mentor for team members
- Serves as a preceptor for new team members
- Participates in the peer feedback process by conducting a constructive assessment and evaluation of peer performance
- Works collaboratively with all hospital services to accomplish daily work and maintain an environment of excellence
- Participates in the development of policies, procedures and systems to support safe and effective care and advance nursing practice at NMH through the Shared Leadership Process
- Assumes personal responsibility for meeting internal (i.e. Best People profile, ELMs, CPR, and health requirements) and external regulatory and accreditation requirements
- Identifies opportunities for innovation and quality improvement; participates in innovation projects and the quality improvement process, including unit based quality committees
- Demonstrates accountability to Northwestern Memorial strategic, operational and fiscal goals
- Exemplifies a professional image in appearance and communications
- Maintains and advances the professional image of nursing and the practice of professional nursing through an ongoing analysis of resources
- Professional Organizations, literature, electronic resources, etc.
- Graduate of an NLN accredited school/college of nursing
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing or higher
- Current State of Illinois, Registered Professional Nurse license
- Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR through American Heart Association.
- Analytic ability (conceptual and quantitative)
- Oral, listening and written communication skills
- Strong human relation skills to interact effectively and collaborate with others in difficult situations
- Use of a keyboard to enter or retrieve data
- Experience in specific clinical area
- Nursing specialty certification, if eligible