Join or team of 22,000 nurses strong! Come work in one of our 17 Wisconsin hospitals or 150 clinic locations!
Choosing your first job as a Registered Nurse is an important step. While we strive to place candidates into their ideal job fit, candidates have found they have greater success in being selected for hiring leader interviews and offers if they are open to several locations, a variety of shifts and schedules, and multiple units. And while the greatest learning and growth opportunities occur when a new nurse stays on their unit for 1-2 years, Aurora Health Care understands the need to pursue career growth and work life balance and allows internal transfers after 6 months working in a new position.
Your orientation as a new nurse will be comprehensive. In your first weeks you’ll complete our G.R.O.W. modules. This provides key system clinical content based on organizational priorities and regulatory requirements to align with unit-based orientation with a preceptor. Your unit orientation will span approximately 12 weeks with an assigned preceptor on your unit. During your first 60 days you’ll begin the 6-month accredited nursing residency program with the goal of supporting your professional development, confidence, and overall wellbeing as you transition from academia to the practice setting. At program completion, you’ll receive a certification and graduation gift as well as options to join the Clinical Nurse Mentor program, Post Residency Café, and our Post Residency Community Coalition Project.
Choose from a variety of acute care units/areas of nursing including:
Medical SurgicalOrthopedicsOncologyRehabCardiac/TelemetryTransplant MedicineNeurologyEmergencyCritical Care/ICU unitsPost-SurgicalMajor Responsibilities:
Uses the nursing process to assess the needs of the patient, plan and implement individualized interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care. Includes the patient and family in planning and implementing care and develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.Anticipates and recognizes significant changes in the patient’s condition, status, and need for care. Provides ongoing assessment of the patient and takes appropriate actions when changes occur. Anticipates and alters the plan of care as needed, mobilizes appropriate resources, and collaborates with other health care team members to coordinate patient centered care.Implements strategies to reduce patient risk and increase patient safety. Assesses patient and family readiness to learn and individualizes the approach as necessary. Works collaboratively to develop strategies to meet the learning needs of the patient and family.Actively coordinates the discharge plan utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. Applies evidence-based practice to deliver patient care. Consistently incorporates nursing and regulatory standards of care into practice.Provides ongoing evaluation of patient, team, and unit outcomes and is empowered to take appropriate action when changes are needed. Supports shared governance activities and initiatives to improve processes and patient outcomes.Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills. Promotes collaboration among healthcare team members. Assumes a leadership role in the care team and delegates appropriately to unlicensed personnel.Promotes a culture of safety through identifying threats to patient safety and intervening to prevent patient harm. Reports patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner. Seeks to identify potential safety issues and assists in the implementation of corrective actions.Applies ethical decision making, demonstrates respect and understanding for peers, and other clinical disciplines. Participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated, unbiased, individualized approach to care.Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives to improve the functions of the department and the patient care experience.Participates in professional activities which contribute to personal professional development and the development of others. Seeks opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored. Attends required meetings/educational programs and completes annual competencies in a timely manner.Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.
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This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.