REGISTERED NURSE (RN) - RAPID RESPONSE-FULL TIME NIGHTS

Company: Advocate Aurora Health
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 17, 2024

Job Description:

Department:

36109 Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center - Rapid Response/Alert Team

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

36

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

0.9 FTE NOC

Title: Registered Nurse Rapid Response (Rescue RN)

Scheduled Hours:

• Full Time
• Three 12hr shifts -7p-7:30a week JOB SUMMARY:
  
  Using evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion and highly skilled communication techniques, the RESCUE Registered Nurse is a highly specialized RN who provides support and direct nursing interventions during high acuity situations. This team member's main purpose is to improve the experience of critically ill patients throughout the different clinical areas, establishing optimal levels of care and improved outcomes.
  
  This team member serves as an expert resource for unit staff with regards to Code Blue (including intubations), Rapid Responses, Massive Transfusion Protocol and other critical events.
  
  The RESCUE Registered Nurse makes independent decisions/judgments and takes actions regarding a wide range of routine and complex patient problems and situations. The RESCUE Nurse collaborates with unit leadership in managing acute patient care events and situations. The RESCUE Nurse integrates into the ICU staffing team and/or takes patient assignments in the ICU as needed. This team member partners with the various clinical teams to provide the
  
  necessary interventions to ensure the best patient outcomes and best patient experience in the safest environment.
  • Respond to all unplanned clinical events and potentially critical situations from the different clinical areas. Provide an expert initial assessment of any patient meeting the criteria for calling the critical care team.
  • Participates in unit or organizational shared governance and leadership
  • Promotes and supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate
  • Participate in the audit and evaluation of the RESCUE team (e.g. Code Blue audits, RRT audits, Sepsis RRT audits, etc.) Assist in disseminating the results of such work throughout the different clinical areas and appropriate councils/committees.
  • Creatively uses knowledge, resources, and technology to transform care for the diverse patient population Position Requirements:
    • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with Current IL RN license
    • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
    • Current BLS, ACLS and PALS
    • Must have at least 3 years of current critical care nursing experience
    • Certification of CCRN required
      • Excellent communication skills
      • Excellent computer skills
      • Excellent time management and organizational skills
      • Familiarity with patient care equipment
      • Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing
      • Ability to transport objects, patients, and equipment
      • Ability to respond quickly to patient needs and work at fast pace
      • Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick
      • Ability to assist in evacuation of patients in the event of a fire or other disaster
      • Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients
      • Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit
      • Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
        
        About Advocate Health
        
        Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

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