Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Nursing - $20,000 Sign on Bonus

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing
• •Current registration or eligibility for licensure with the State of Illinois for practice as a professional nurse
• •Current Hepatitis b vaccination
• •Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• •Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• •Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• •Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions
• •Ability to see details at close range
• •Ability to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
• •Ability to read 5 feet from the floor unaided
• •Ability to utilize fine motor control in hands
• •Ability to hear
• •Ability to meet visual demands
• •Ability to work under stress and adapt to changing conditions
• •Ability to analyze information or data
• •Ability to plan sequence of operations or actions
• •Ability to make decisions of moderate to substantial effects, with a variety of alternatives and moderate to substantial consequences
• •Ability to use logic to define problems, collect information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret information, deal with abstract variables
• •Ability to comprehend written basic instructions, safety rules, office memoranda at a high school graduate level
• •Ability to compose written communication using standard business English at a high school graduate level
• •Ability to comprehend verbal sentences and instructions at a high school graduate level
• •Ability to converse in Standard English at a high school graduate level
• •Ability to walk
• •Ability to stand
• •Ability to stoop to floor level
• •Ability to kneel
• •Ability to assist in lifting patient
• •Ability to assist patients and/or adjust equipment at floor level
• •Ability to reach, change and read IV's 5 feet from the floor unaided
• •Ability to support weight of persons 200 pounds or more in emergency situations
• •Ability to lift, push and pull weight of at least 5 to 50 pounds
• •Ability to attend to visual details
• •Ability to communicate orally and in writing
• •Ability to receive and comprehend written and oral communications
• •Ability to perform work independently or with minimal supervision
• •Ability to assign and/or review work
• •Ability to train and/or evaluate other employees
• •Ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis
• •Ability to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary
• •Ability to recognize patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness
• •Ability to promote safety throughout patient's and family's transitions along the healthcare continuum
• •Ability to actively anticipate and monitor patient and family changes, respond appropriately
• •Ability to effectively resolve patient complaints
• •Ability to engage all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner
• •Ability to consult and coordinate with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
• •Ability to actively utilize evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices
• •Ability to effectively plan and communicate patient care plans
• •Ability to facilitate active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues
• •Ability to seek out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored
• •Ability to serve as a resource to department and patient/family
• •Ability to integrate cultural differences into patient/family care
• •Ability to incorporate appropriate alternative therapies
• •Ability to tailor healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family
• •Ability to develop and modify patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers' and educational plans
• •Ability to provide individualized care
• •Ability to evaluate patient's understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care
• •Ability to set patient-driven goals for education
• •Ability to adapt standards of care to serve particular patient populations
• •Ability to seek out advice to improve patient care
• •Ability to evaluate current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education
• •Ability to incorporate evidence based practice into care delivery
• •Ability to actively pursue continuing educational opportunities
• •Ability to work with numerous distractions
• •Ability to work under pressure and on an irregular schedule such as unscheduled overtime, unanticipated changes in work pace
• •Ability to work with frustrating situations
• •Ability to schedule time off in advance
• •Ability to begin working on time
• •Ability to keep absences within guidelines
• •Ability to ensure work responsibilities are covered when absent
• •Ability to arrive at meetings and appointments on time
• •Ability to express ideas and thoughts verbally
• •Ability to express ideas and thoughts in written form
• •Ability to exhibit good listening and comprehension
• •Ability to keep others adequately informed
• •Ability to select and use appropriate communication methods
• •Ability to establish and maintain effective relations
• •Ability to exhibit tact and consideration
• •Ability to display positive outlook and pleasant manner
• •Ability to offer assistance and support to co-workers
• •Ability to work cooperatively in group situations
• •Ability to work actively to resolve conflicts
• •Ability to display willingness to make decisions
• •Ability to exhibit sound and accurate judgment
• •Ability to support and explain reasoning for decisions
• •Ability to include appropriate people in decision-making process
• •Ability to make timely decisions
• •Ability to work with and maintain confidential information
• •Ability to identify problems in a timely manner
• •Ability to gather and analyze information skillfully
• •Ability to develop alternative solutions
• •Ability to resolve problems in early stages
• •Ability to work well in group problem solving situations
• •Ability to demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness
• •Ability to display commitment to excellence
• •Ability to look for ways to improve and promote quality
• •Ability to apply feedback to improve performance
• •Ability to monitor own work to ensure quality
• •Ability to meet productivity standards
• •Ability to complete work in timely manner
• •Ability to strive to increase productivity
• •Ability to work quickly
• •Ability to achieve established goals
• •Ability to maintain attention to detail over extended period of time
• •Ability to continually be aware of variations in changing situations
• •Ability to complete Oncology Nurse training within 1 year of joining team

Desired Qualifications

• •Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree