Registered Nurse (Multiple Specialties) Temporary NTE 1 Year - Evanston, Illinois - Med Surg

Company: Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center
Location: Evanston
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

Registered Nurse (Multiple Specialties) Temporary NTE 1 Year - Evanston, Illinois
Duties

This is a Permanent Temporary appointment not to exceed one year.

There are vacancies for RNs in a variety of specialty areas to include:

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• Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)
  
• Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC)
  
• Medical Home Port
  
• Surgery
  
• Support Services
  
• Community Living Center/Inpatient Geriatric Services
  
• Emergency Department
  
• Gastrointestinal/Endoscopy
  
• Specialty Medicine
  
• Medical/Surgical/Telemetry
  
• Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  
• Mental Health
  
• Fleet Medicine
  
• Occupational Health
  
• Public Health
  
  
  
  
  Duties may include but are not limited to:
  
  PACT/CBOC/Medical Home Port:
  
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  • Demonstrates advanced clinical knowledge in assessing planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating care for a designated group of patients across the continuum of care.
    
  • Assist Primary Care team with routine and timely completion of preventative screening, identifies priorities for patients with complex clinical needs.
    
    Surgery:
    
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    • Provides nursing care in accordance with the established standards of practice and follows policies and procedures.
      
    • Initiates problem solving identification and seeks for a timely resolution utilizing the plan-do-check-method of performance improvement process.
      
      Support Services:
      
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      • Demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing quality nursing education and related program management supporting the hospital and VISN goals.
        
      • Completes the Nursing 24 Hour Report daily; provides a verbal and written report at the daily nursing leadership huddle Monday-Friday at 0730.
        
      • Optimize patient movement between and among acute care areas, including internal and external facility coordination as warranted.
        
        CLC/IGS:
        
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        • The RN possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively apply all aspects of the nursing process within the collaborative, interdisciplinary practice setting of the Community Living Center.
          
          ED:
          
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          • Demonstrates skills in the following: cardiac monitoring, phlebotomy, basic intravenous placement/maintenance and troubleshooting, advanced hemodynamics, identification and management of unstable patients.
            
            GI:
            
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            • Provide care throughout the complete peri-endoscopic continuum of care: pre-endoscopic; intra-endoscopic; and post-endoscopic (including sedation and recovery)
              
              Specialty Medicine:
              
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              • Assesses the patient's clinical and psychosocial status, diagnosis and current treatment plan.
                
              • Coordinates the myriad of medical treatments, referrals, education and discharge planning.
                
                Med/Surg:
                
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                • Support systems; strengths/areas for growth; advocacy; discharge planning; and collaboration with other healthcare providers to optimize wellness and comfort.
                  
                • Give immediate attention and response to critical events and assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the patient's experience with pain
                  
                  ICU:
                  
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                  • This includes but is not limited to continuous cardiac monitoring, assisting in the insertion of invasive lines such as arterial lines, Swan-Ganz catheters and maintenance, hemodynamic monitoring, multiple vasoactive drips, mechanical ventilation, EKG/rhythm strip interpretation, moderate sedation, post-surgical recovery and stabilization.
                    
                  • Responds to the Rapid Response System and other cardiopulmonary arrests calls for adults in the medical center.
                    
                    Mental Health:
                    
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                    • Knowledge of a wide variety of Psychiatry/Behavioral Health theories, modalities, assessments, planning and intervention.
                      
                    • Involved in the admissions, treatment planning, and discharge process and is key participant in the maintenance of a safe stable and therapeutic environment.
                      
                      Fleet Medicine:
                      
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                      • Assists Medical Assessment staff with routine and timely completion of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention screening, identifies priority needs for patients with complex problems.
                        
                      • Assesses subtle and potential changes in signs, symptoms, and/or changes in patients' condition/behavior and provides clinical modifications to nursing interventions accordingly.
                        
                      • Expertly assess the medical and psychosocial needs of patients related to diagnosis, optimal treatment options, psychosocial impact, and individualized discharge planning.
                        
                        Occupational Health/Public Health:
                        
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                        • Complete the initial evaluation, treatment and follow-up of all work-related injuries and illnesses.
                          
                        • Setting standard of operating procedures for screening, administration, coding, and quality assurance of immunizations.
                          
                          
                          Work Schedule: All tours:

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