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Nurse Practitioner Family Health Clinic Full Time 1st Shift
Great Benefits Package! Rochelle Community Hospital operates as an independent and stable hospital.
Rochelle, IL
Job Description
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION: Rochelle Community Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status. All offers are contingent upon successful passing of a post-offer substance testing, positive reference checks and background check and your ability to establish your employment eligibility in the United States. No sponsorship is available for this position.
ALL RESUMES AND APPLICATIONS NEED TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH ILLINOISJOBNETWORK.COM TO BE CONSIDERED. Please be advised that your application is not complete until you fill out, sign, and submit an Application for Employment for a specific position for which Rochelle Community Hospital is actively recruiting. Your application must reflect that you possess the required qualifications for the position.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Advanced Practice Nurse is a mid-level healthcare provider who works collaboratively with the designated physician and is responsible for comprehensive care to a specific group of patients. The Advanced Practice Nurse educates patients and their families in order to promote wellness, prevent health problems/complications, maintain current health, as well as diagnose and manage acute or chronic problems. The Advanced Practice Nurse seeks opportunities for professional growth through participation in continuing education, staff development and responsibilities must be accomplished within the guidelines of the institution as developed in collaboration with the physician and administrators.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience
Work Environment/Physical Demands
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
ALL RESUMES AND APPLICATIONS NEED TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH ILLINOISJOBNETWORK.COM TO BE CONSIDERED. Please be advised that your application is not complete until you fill out, sign, and submit an Application for Employment for a specific position for which Rochelle Community Hospital is actively recruiting. Your application must reflect that you possess the required qualifications for the position.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Advanced Practice Nurse is a mid-level healthcare provider who works collaboratively with the designated physician and is responsible for comprehensive care to a specific group of patients. The Advanced Practice Nurse educates patients and their families in order to promote wellness, prevent health problems/complications, maintain current health, as well as diagnose and manage acute or chronic problems. The Advanced Practice Nurse seeks opportunities for professional growth through participation in continuing education, staff development and responsibilities must be accomplished within the guidelines of the institution as developed in collaboration with the physician and administrators.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
- Establish and/or performs to budgetary plans.
- Contributes to departmental efficiency (i.e. cost, schedule, quality, etc.).
- Follows facility resource plans (i.e. human, supplies, equipment, etc.).
- Effectively uses time and sets priorities to meet demands of position.
- Makes timely and effective decisions.
- Determines the effectiveness of the plan of care through documentation of patient care outcomes.
- Recognizes symptoms of problems, reviews the facts, and determines causes and potential consequences of the problems. Modifies as necessary to achieve medical and health goals.
- Anticipate emergency situations, establishes priorities and takes corrective action.
- Accurate documentation of patient status and care.
- Works and interacts effectively as a team member.
- Utilizes interpersonal skills to work effectively with peers and superiors.
- Does not abuse sick time or personal absence and provides proper notification for absence or tardiness.
- Leads by example; demonstrating principled leadership and sound hospital practices.
- Motivates by promoting mutual ownership of ideas and actions.
- Focuses on satisfying patients/patient families through feedback and striving to improve work processes.
- Interprets the role of APN to individuals, families and other professionals.
- Cooperates by following instructions. Gives a positive effort to reach agreed goals.
- Accountable for patient charges.
- Able to modify style and approach to reach goals.
- Consistently carries out all work assignments through to completion.
- Is self-directed in appropriate job responsibilities.
- Demonstrates stability under pressure by maintaining composure and satisfying requirements under stressful circumstances.
- Observes hospital dress code and wears identification/name badge.
- Maintains a clean and safe work environment.
- Demonstrates understanding of emergency procedures (fire, evacuation, and internal/external disaster plans/procedures).
- Maintains assigned equipment, reports, malfunctions and orders service as necessary.
- Willing to expand professional knowledge.
- Takes initiative to make improvements.
- Informs administration of areas of concern in clinical areas.
- Facilitates interdepartmental approach to investigate concerns, develop solutions, and evaluate solutions.
- Seeks knowledge and maintains current on clinical practice.
- Maintains constructive relationships with internal/external customers.
- Provides for referral, transfer or discharge patients to appropriate level of care and provider.
- Involved in performance improvement initiatives.
- Maintains cooperative and positive approach to reach agreed goals.
- Demonstrates appropriate handling of emergency situations in a calm and effective manner.
- Maintains ACLS, CPR and PALS certification.
- In collaboration with physicians, develops guideline for the medical management of assigned groups of patients which define the responsibilities.
- Applies the approved guidelines to formulate the appropriate differential diagnosis based on the history, physical exam, and clinical findings.
- Utilizes electronic health record for documentation of patient status/care, registration and scheduling.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience
- Current RN Licensure in Illinois.
- Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
- Certification by a national certification organization.
- Must have a Master’s Degree.
- Must be currently CPR certified with ACLS & PALS certification.
- Two (2) years of related clinical nursing experience preferred.
- Must be in good physical and mental health and able to work under pressure.
- Must have good teaching and communication skills.
- The ability to operate designated computer equipment.
Work Environment/Physical Demands
- Works in normal patient care/clinic environment where there are minimal physical discomforts due to temperature, noise, dust, etc.
- Frequently exposed to moderately adverse working conditions in performing certain at risk patient care activities.
- Some exposure to communicable disease with likelihood of harm if established health precautions are followed.
- Physical ability to work and stand frequently for extended periods of time and occasionally to lift and position patients.
Rochelle Community Hospital Association position descriptions are guidelines. They are not intended to identify every task that an employee will be asked to do. They are intended to provide a general outline of the work, responsibilities, and qualifications of the position. Employees are expected to provide whatever assistance is needed so that both individual and organizational success can be achieved
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
Special Notes/Instructions
All offers are contingent upon successful passing of a post-offer substance testing, positive reference checks and background check and your ability to establish your employment eligibility in the United States. RCH is a smoke-free campus.
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
ASAP
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Hours per Week
40
Work Hours (i.e. shift)
1st Shift
Salary and Benefits
Competitive Pay based on experience, Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays, Paid Sick Leave, Shift Premiums, Health, Vision and Dental Insurance (eligible 1st of month after hire date), Life & Disability Insurance, 401(k) Plan, Flexible Spending Account, Employee Assistance Program, Free Fitness Center Membership, Employee Discounts, Education/Tuition Reimbursement, Career Advancement, Work/Life Balance Environment, Recognition and Rewards, Teamwork, Community-based
Required Education
Master's Degree
Required Experience
2+ years
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