Location: Taylorville,IL, USA
Overview
As an RN-OP Care Center nurse, you will be responsible for delegation, supervision, and provision of evidence-based nursing care for a designated group of patients through utilization of the nursing process. Provides age appropriate patient care. Implements evidence-based findings into practice and participates in research as appropriate.
Qualifications
Licensure/Certification/Registry:
* Current RN license in the State of Illinois required.
* Maintain current BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
* ACLS certification is preferred.
* Maintain Provider for PEARS or PALS certification (required within 12 months of hire).
Experience:
* Meets credit range for Clinical Ladder levels as follows (12 months experience as a registered nurse is required in order to apply for promotion in the clinical ladder):
* Clinical Nurse I: Registered Nurse who achieves a range of 0-12 credits on the Clinical Ladder Behavior Grid. BSN preferred.
* Clinical Nurse II: Registered Nurse who achieves a range of 13-24 credits on the Clinical Ladder Behavior Grid with evidence of behaviors from at least two categories of the Grid. BSN preferred.
* Clinical Nurse III: Registered Nurse who achieves at least 25 credits on the Clinical Ladder Behavior Grid with evidence of behaviors from at least three categories on the Grid. BSN required.
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
* Attends all hospital/nurse manager specified mandatory in-services.
* Maintains competencies as identified in unit specific requirements.
* Completion of self-evaluation. It is the incumbent's responsibility to submit to the nurse manager at annual evaluation time documentation to validate annual credentialing requirements.