Registered Nurse PACU

Southern Illinois Healthcare

$65K — $102K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate, Diploma, Bachelor's degree or Master's in Nursing required.
  • Current Illinois Registered Nurse license necessary.
  • Current CPR/BLS and ACLS cards mandatory, with specific timelines for completion post-hire.
  • Additional certifications such as TNCC, ECRN, and NRP required based on assigned unit.
  • Prior experience in diverse nursing roles preferred but not explicitly required.

Responsibilities

  • Assess patients to identify their mental, physical, and spiritual needs.
  • Establish a compassionate environment for emotional and psychological support.
  • Collaborate with the healthcare team to develop and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Promote health education and counseling to enhance patient well-being.
  • Exercise clinical judgment and critical thinking to monitor patient changes.
  • Ensure timely and accurate documentation in patient medical records.
  • Supervise and delegate tasks to licensed practical nurses or assistive personnel.

Benefits

  • Access to a comprehensive health benefits package.
  • Continuing education opportunities to enhance skills and certifications.
  • Flexible scheduling with 3-12 hour shifts, including weekend call shifts.
  • Collaborative work environment with a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
  • Opportunity to float between nursing units for diverse experiences.
Full Job Description
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Position Summary
• Responsible for providing professional nursing care for SIH patients.
• 3- 12/hr shifts 9am -9:30 pm-Call required on weekends

Education
• Associate, Diploma, Bachelor's degree or Master's in Nursing

Licenses and Certification
• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license
• Current CPR/BLS Card
• Current ACLS card (within 6 months of hire)
  • Intensive Care Unit: 10114, 20114
  • Progressive Care Unit: 10116, 20110
  • Stepdown ICU: 10118
  • Cardiac Services: 10310
  • Cardiac Catheterization: 10340
  • Cardiac Care Decision Unit: 10342
  • OP Cardiovascular Center: 10344, 20344
  • Electrocardiology: 10336, 20336
  • Interventional Imaging: 10367
  • SDS Procedure Room: 10317, 20317, 30317, 40317

• Current ACLS & PALS card (within 6 months of hire)
  • Emergency Room: 10306, 20306, 30306, 40306
  • Recovery Room: 10314, 20314, 30314, 40314

• TNCC or TNS (within 1 year of hire or residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026
  • Emergency Room: 10306, 20306, 30306, 40306

• ECRN (within 24 months of hire of residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026
  • Emergency Room: 10306, 20306

• ACLS, Fetal Monitoring - Monitoring, & NRP (within 6 months of hire)
  • Birthing Center: 10300

• NRP (within 6 months of hire)
  • Mother Baby: 10154
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: 10152

• NRP & PALS (within 6 months of hire)
  • Pediatrics: 10160

• ONS
  • CTC-Infusion Center: 10328 (Fundamentals within first 6 months) and Chemotherapy Certificate Course (within 1 year, renewed every 2 years)
  • SJ-Infusion: 40329 (Fundamentals within first 6 months, renewed every 2 years) or ONS Chemotherapy Certificate (renewed every 2 years)


Experience and Skills
• Technical Experience: NA

Role Specific Responsibilities
• Assess patients to determine mental, physical, and spiritual needs
• Establish a compassionate environment to provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patient and families
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates an individual plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team.
• Provide in health teaching and counseling to promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of patients
• Demonstrate ability to use clinical judgement in conjunction with critical thinking to recognize, act upon, and report changes in patient condition.
• Complete, accurate and timely documentation in patient medical record
• Provide input into the development of policies and procedures to support patient safety and quality of care
• Supervision and delegation responsibilities of licensed practical nurse and/or unlicensed assistant personnel
• Serve as an advocate for the patient by communicating and collaborating with other health service professionals
• Timely completion of required education, competencies, and licensure.
• Float to other SIH nursing units within competency level

Compensation (Commensurate with experience):
$31.25 - $49.06
To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:

http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits

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