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Required Skills

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
  • Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
  • Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
  • Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
  • Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
  • Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
  • Effectively resolves patient complaints.
  • Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
  • Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
  • Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
  • Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
  • Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
  • Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
  • Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
  • Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
  • Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
  • Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
  • Provides individualized care.
  • Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
  • Sets patient-driven goals for education.
  • Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
  • Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
  • Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
  • Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
  • Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
  • Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Recruiter:

Jessica Brown, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

brown.jessica@mhsil.com 

Required Skills

Essential Functions and Job Duties

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
• Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
• Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
• Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
• Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
• Effectively resolves patient complaints.
• Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
• Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
• Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
• Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
• Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
• Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
• Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
• Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
• Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
• Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
• Provides individualized care.
• Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
• Sets patient-driven goals for education.
• Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
• Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
• Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
• Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
• Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
• Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Recruiter:

Jessica Brown, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

brown.jessica@mhsil.com 

Required Skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver urgent and critical care following emergency protocols and best practices.
• Perform rapid patient assessments, stabilize conditions and manage acute medical issues.
• Ensure accurate documentation of treatments, medications and patient responses.
• Maintain compliance with hospital policies, regulatory standards and safety guidelines.
• Coordinate with team members during trauma activations and resuscitation efforts.
• Engage in ongoing training, certification and professional development programs.

Location:

This position is based at Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IL, part of Memorial Health’s network of care.

Recruiter:

Jessica Brown, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

brown.jessica@mhsil.com 

Required Skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver specialized nursing care following ICU protocols and best practices.
• Assess, stabilize and manage patients with life-threatening conditions.
• Administer medications, IV therapies and advanced clinical interventions.
• Collaborate with physicians, respiratory therapists and interdisciplinary teams.
• Ensure accurate documentation of treatments, patient responses and critical changes.
• Maintain compliance with hospital policies, safety regulations and professional standards.
• Participate in ongoing training, certification and professional development.

Location:

This position is based at Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur, IL, part of Memorial Health’s network of care.

Recruiter:

Jessica Brown, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Brown.Jessica@mhsil.com 

Required Skills

Essential Functions and Job Duties

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
• Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
• Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
• Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
• Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
• Effectively resolves patient complaints.
• Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
• Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
• Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
• Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
• Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
• Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
• Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
• Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
• Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
• Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
• Provides individualized care.
• Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
• Sets patient-driven goals for education.
• Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
• Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
• Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
• Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
• Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
• Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Recruiter:

Jessica Brown, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

brown.jessica@mhsil.com 

Required Skills

• Document and update current diet orders. Investigates and promptly resolves any orders which are incomplete, confusing or unusual.
• Process diet order changes in electronic database and with patient menu selections.
• Greets patients to assist them with menu selections personally or on the phone. Inputs patient meal selections, appropriate to diet, in an efficient manner
• Print and review daily ADT reports.
• Embodies the Memorial Health System Performance Excellence Standards of Safety, Courtesy, Quality, and Efficiency that support our mission, vision and values:
• Prepare menus for distribution and distributes menus to patients requiring assistance.
• Communicate with R.D. on a daily basis regarding patient diet information, nutritional status, diet comprehension, and ability to select appropriate food choices
• Utilize computer systems to retrieve information, update patient information, and input menu selections.
• Update patient menus and food selections accurately according to diet order.
• Monitor telephone and computer for diet changes, new admissions, room service trays, snacks and nourishment requests.
• Communicate directly with nursing staff and unit secretaries regarding changes and/or problems with patient orders.
• Input tube feeding orders accurately.
• Complete a physical inventory of patient care area nourishment areas and stock to par level
• Performs other related work as required or requested.

Required Skills

1. Performs cleaning, inspection and protective measures after instrumentation use to ensure proper operation. Promptly identifies any defects and malfunctions. Takes proper steps in plan for repair or loaners from external vendors.  Appropriately reports instrumentation and equipment removed from service for repair.  Inspects items returned from repair prior to replacing into service.

1. Consults with Sterile Processing Manager or Sterile Processing Lead Technician to facilitate daily plan for instrumentation need and turnaround.

1. Collaborates with instrument vendors, nursing and equipment tech personnel to actively contribute to the instrumentation turnaround planned for specific surgical cases are available and prepared for use.

1. Demonstrates competence in the use of decontamination equipment, flash/container sterilization and implements instrument sterilization.

1. Examines the surgical environment for conditions that pose a safety risk and takes action to minimize risk.

1. Verbally and nonverbally demonstrates a willingness to support organizational change and assists with the development of a plan to accomplish change. Functions to support a culture of teamwork and safety. 

1. Demonstrates knowledge of surgical attire, aseptic technique, event-related sterility, monitoring of environmental conditions, traffic patterns and other practices influencing maintenance of a sterile field.

1. Demonstrates compliance with safety principles. Recognizes and reports unsafe conditions and contributes to their resolution.  Demonstrates knowledge of fire safety and evacuation routes.

1. Handles floor stock medications or medications delivered from pharmacy directly or through the pneumatic tube system. Relocates these medications, in original containers, to designated secure storage locations or delivers to the appropriate licensed staff.

1. Performs other related work as required or requested

Required Skills

Principle Duties & Responsibilities:

• Complete setup, stock and sanitation of workstations following standard procedures.
• Accurately assemble patient meals to order.
• Deliver patient meals and nourishments accurately and in a timely manner, according to proper procedures.
• Responds to patient requests for personal/nursing care by alerting the appropriate staff to assist the patient.
• Embodies the Memorial Health System Performance Excellence Standards of Safety, Courtesy, Quality, and Efficiency that support our mission, vision and values:

1. SAFETY: Prevent Harm – I put safety first in everything I do. I take action to ensure the safety of others.
2. COURTESY: Serve Others – I treat others with dignity and respect. I project a professional image and positive attitude.
3. QUALITY: Improve Outcomes – I continually advance my knowledge, skills and performance. I work with others to achieve superior results.
4. EFFICIENCY: Reduce Waste – I use time and resources wisely. I prevent defects and delays.

• Identifies situations that may indicate a violation or infraction of food service/room service policies and report to management accordingly.
• Adequately inventory nursing units for bulk nourishments and tube feedings.
• Deliver and stock bulk nourishments on nursing units as ordered.
• Rotates food stock based on use by dates following standard procedures.
• Retrieves soiled trays from nursing units in a timely manner.
• Performs sanitation duties according to department procedures, including but not limited to recording of food temperatures and sanitizer test logs.
• Demonstrates use of quality improvement in daily operations.
• Identifies and responds appropriately to patient and customer satisfaction issues.
• Prepares, replenishes and serves a variety of foods.
• Transport food, supplies and equipment as directed.
• Safely operates a variety of food service equipment including but not limited to Panini grill, turbo chef oven, indication cook top, meat slicer, food processor, immersion blender, tomato slicer, garbage disposal, pulper, and dish machine.
• Records appropriate information on various documents per department procedure including but not limited to production sheets, food waste evaluation form, catering inventory sheets, deposit tapes, and cash drawer verification log.
• Perform routine clerical tasks such as answering telephone, using vocera, operating cash register, and money handling.
• Performs other related work as required or requested.

Required Skills

 Make a meaningful impact as a Register Nurse at Memorial Health. As an RN, you’ll care for a diverse population of middle to older adults with complex medical and post-surgical conditions. You’ll manage a range of needs, including central lines, IVs, PCAs, dialysis, chest tubes, wound care, ostomies and post-operative recovery, while collaborating with a dedicated healthcare team to ensure the best possible outcomes for your patients.

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver specialized nursing care for diverse medical and post-surgical patients, focusing on age-appropriate treatment.
• Manage complex treatments such as IV therapies, central lines, PCAs, chest tubes, wound care and dialysis.
• Monitor patients with complex comorbidities, ensuring the best possible outcomes for those with multiple health conditions.
• Educate patients and families on recovery, medication management and self-care strategies.
• Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to implement personalized care plans.
• Perform patient assessments and adjust care plans to ensure effective recovery.
• Support patients in transitioning from hospital to home by providing guidance on recovery and home care needs.

Why Join Us?

At Memorial Health, we invest in your professional development, well-being and career growth with:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Continuing education opportunities
• Life insurance and voluntary benefits
• Mental health services
• Memorial Childcare services
• Employee Assistance Program
• Adoption assistance
• Local and national discounts

Who We’re Looking For:

A compassionate RN who thrives in a general medical/surgical setting and is skilled in complex patient care and education.

Education, Licensures & Certifications:

• Active RN license in Illinois required
• Current BLS/CPR certification required within 30 days of hire
• ACLS certification required within one year of hire
• BSN preferred but not required

Experience:

• Medical-surgical or post-surgical nursing experience preferred
• Proficiency in wound care, IV therapy and complex medication administration

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer medications and IV therapies as prescribed.
• Monitor dialysis treatments and manage patients with complex conditions.
• Work with LPNs, CNAs and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care.
• Ensure accurate documentation and compliance with hospital protocols.
• Assist in post-operative recovery, monitoring patients and managing complications as needed.