Registered Nurse - Float Pool - .9 7a

Looking for a nursing with 3-5 years of experience in ICU, or Step down Nursing Unit.

• →Reviews patient records using appropriate software (Epic) to identify patients' plan of care before rounding. Performs clinical patient rounding and promptly communicates observations, concerns, and needs of patient/family to care team.
• →Documents and tracks findings of all patient rounds within the Cipher Rounding Tool to track outcomes for identifying trends and opportunities for improvement and provides weekly updates to leader.
• →Provides the highest level of patient service by problem solving, documenting patient concerns, and identifying appropriate actions for resolutions prior to patient being discharged.
• →Acts as a patient advocate to any potential patient concerns and collaborates with inpatient medical teams to escalate identified concerns to ensure a safe discharge.
• →Provides support in addressing and communicating complex cases with care team that require higher level management due to acuity, lack of adequate support, poor health literacy, or social determinates of health.
• →Facilitates the patient and family’s right to receive quality care by demonstrating a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families. Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes.
• →Collaborates with Care Transition RNs (Registered Nurse) by sharing/flagging readmitted, or high-risk patients for a call after discharge.
• →Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care.
• →Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations, and laws applicable to the organization's business.
• →Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.

• Completion of an accredited or approved program in Nursing.

• No experience required.

• Working knowledge of the components of quality and acute patient care needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to develop rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with a variety of patients, staff, and physicians.
• Proficient computer skills including keyboarding, navigation within a windows operating system, and use of electronic mail with exposure to electronic medical records systems.
• Demonstrates customer service skills that support a positive patient experience.

• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts to accommodate patient needs. Ability to respond quickly to patient needs and work at fast pace. Ability to stand for up to eight hours.
• Work environment contains potential for exposure to blood and body fluids or other unpleasant fumes or hazards; therefore, personal protective equipment must be worn as necessary.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

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.