RN Duties

Patient Care Area

• Responsible for maintenance of efficient and effective departmental operations.
• Participates in enterprise-wide planning and implementing flexible, innovative, and leading-edge UI Health Care Delivery Model.
• Provides direct patient care and consultation for patients with special needs within the service line/unit patient population.
• Monitors patient care delivery activities and outcomes for quality and patient safety.
• Guides data gathering to identify major issues related to health care delivery within the models for enterprise-wide or unit-level problem-solving.

Professional/Leadership

• Motivates and manages nurses, technicians, and other healthcare workers
• Manages the unit/service line’s day-to-day clinical operations, including practice standards, staffing, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement
• Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development
• Acts as a professional leadership role model
• Manages, plans, and monitors unit/service line activities
• Hires, evaluates, and counsels unit/service line personnel
• Utilizes NPAS and Kronos systems to facilitate optimal staffing, scheduling, and patient assignments
• Manages and controls unit/service line expenditures within establish budgets
• Communicates effectively and maintains confidentiality with patients/families, medical staff, nursing staff, and interdepartmental staff
• Advocates for patients, families, and their significant others, coworkers, community, and the nursing profession
• Promotes and supports Shared Leadership as the selected method of nursing governance
• Promotes collaboration between coworkers, all members of the health care team as well as patients, their families, and significant others
• Demonstrates the highest level of customer service to internal and external customers
• Communicates in an effective and professional manner to reach conflict resolution
• Actively participates in Medical Center communication processes through timely review and response to electronic and written messages

Organizational

• Adheres to and enforces the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct.
• Treats patients/families, staff, students, and visitors with respect and dignity.
• Adheres to and enforces Nursing’s time, overtime, and attendance policies.
• Completes electronic learning modules and related programs as assigned by Medical Center Learning by the established date
• Complies with University Health Services TB and fit-testing requirements
• Initiates resolution of patient care problems utilizing established communication channels/chain of command
• Resolves recurring clinical practice and related unit problems and participates in problem-solving and resolution utilizing established communication channels/chain of command

Education/Research

• Facilitates the planning, presenting, and evaluating of learning/educational experiences for staff and students
• Serves as a resource to other nursing staff and students
• In collaboration with Staff Nurse II, directs unit-based quality initiatives and provides feedback and education to staff
• Encourages and supports nursing and multidisciplinary research efforts conducted on the unit and in the Medical Center
• Responsible for continued professional growth/development by identification of learning needs and initiating strategies to meet such needs

1. Graduate of an accredited nursing program

2. BSN required/ Master’s Degree preferred in Nursing, Hospital Administration, Public Health or Business

3. Current license as a Professional Registered Nurse from the State of Illinois required.

4. Current AHA BLS/ ACLS and other required unit-specific certifications

5. Recent three-five (3-5) years of experience in dialysis nursing required

6. Previous management experience preferred
7. Shift: 1pm-9pm with occasional weekend coverage
8. Excellent attendance, interpersonal skills and work history required.