Unclassified

Marshfield Clinic - Beaver Dam, WI

Full-time - Entry Level

Beaver Dam, WI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Registered Nurse - Acute (Ambulatory / PACU) plays a crucial role in delivering comprehensive patient care within the healthcare team. This position emphasizes effective communication, professionalism, and teamwork, utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients and their families. The role requires excellent clinical and leadership skills, adherence to hospital policies, and a commitment to patient safety and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive patient care.
• Works independently within scope of practice to provide safe, optimal patient care.
• Promotes a positive work environment and supports and/or leads change initiatives within the department and organization.
• Performs specialized or department-specific nursing functions as educationally prepared to provide safe and efficient patient care.
• Completes documentation required for patient care in an accurate, concise, and timely manner.
• Assesses and addresses patient education needs to promote patient self-management upon discharge.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, visitors, staff, physicians, and employees of other agencies.
• Demonstrates positive problem solving and conflict resolution at intradepartmental and interdepartmental levels.
• Maintains awareness of current quality and safety measures on the unit and follows guidelines or reporting measures.
• Provides appropriate support to team members assigned to the patient and delegates responsibilities to team members.
• Collaborates with other staff to organize the daily workload, prioritize care, and respond to patient crises and emergencies.
• Adheres to departmental policies and procedures and individualizes them to meet patient needs.
• Regular attendance is required to carry out the essential functions of the position.
• Reviews and meets ongoing competency requirements of the role.

Requirements

• Diploma or degree in nursing from an accredited institution.
• Current State of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License or Nurse Compact License.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification awarded by the American Heart Association (AHA) within three months of employment.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Two years' hospital nursing experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification awarded by the American Heart Association (AHA) at time of hire.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus eligibility.