Special Summer Incentive *Sign on bonus - $5,000 for nurses with 1 or more years experience: External Applicants Only*Free Health Insurance for the rest of the year*Vacation accrual based on RN experience
***Flexible Scheduling Options: Monday-Friday 8A-5P OR 4 10 hour shifts Monday-Friday 7AM-5:30PM***Compassionate, innovative, versatile, and skilled are the traits of the General Surgery Registered Nurse (RN). Are you looking to join a team that embraces diversity and encourages collaboration to deliver exceptional patient care?
You can become an essential member of our highly skilled and cohesive General Surgery team by demonstrating a focus on patients, effective communication, professionalism and teamwork. The General Surgery RN team is instrumental in providing patient education, triage, care coordination, for a diverse population of patients including elective and emergent general surgery, trauma, and our accredited weight loss surgery program.
General Surgery offers a wide variety of opportunities not only for personal and professional growth, but for work-life balance as well through flexible scheduling options. Come join the General Surgery team at a Magnet designated facility, ranked as one of America's 50 Best, accredited by the MBSAQIP, where we utilize evidence-based practice and innovation to maintain the high quality standards of the Carle Health System. On this team, you are guaranteed to learn, grow, and feel welcome!
Provides and facilitates competent health care of patients and families in area of practice. Ensures adherence to established standards of care and scope of practice. Ensures documentation of care is complete and accurate. Provides health and wellness education to individuals and groups. Acts as preceptor and supports the development of other staff and healthcare students. Provides leadership for initiatives designed to improve the quality of care or clinical outcomes. Assists Nursing Supervisor/coordinator in the development of departmental standing orders. Provides pre-operative education to surgical patients, including verbal instruction, appropriate printed education and documentation in the patient's medical record Assist physicians with office-based procedures Performs telephone triage of surgical patients and collaborates with the medical team to determine and execute plan of care for patient Collaboration with other departments and disciplines to direct care and interventions for surgical patients Collect and process patient specimens accurately Assessment of surgical wounds and appropriate dressing changes, including suture and/or staple removal
