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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Gundersen Tri-County is seeking a full-time (0.9 FTE) RN to work on the Medical-Surgical floor at Gundersen Tri-County in Whitehall, WI.  This is your opportunity to do the work you love in a tight-knit community practicing love plus medicine.

What you will do:

• 0.9 FTE=72 hours/every two weeks

• 12-hour night shifts (6:45pm-7:15am)

• Every 3rd weekend, rotating holidays

• Provide direct patient care on our Med/Surg floor in partnership with LPNs and CNAs

What you will get:

• Gundersen Tri-County’s generous compensation and benefit package

• Growth opportunities and access to Gundersen's Career Development Center to help you navigate your career

• Engaged, interactive, positive team that focuses on the highest quality of care

What you need:

• Associate Degree in Nursing

• RN licensure to practice in the state of Wisconsin upon hire

• BLS/CPR for healthcare providers

​Gundersen Health System Hospital and Clinics comprises 7 hospitals and 33 clinics. We bring care close to home for our patients in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.  Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it love + medicine and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are.

Job Description:

Job Summary:

The registered nurse (RN) focuses on the health and wellness of individuals, families and populations in collaboration with other health care professionals by incorporating evidence-based practice in the management of acute illness, chronic disease, disability, and end-of-life care. The RN utilizes the nursing process and aligns practice with organizational policies, professional nursing standards and regulatory practice acts.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Assessment: Systematically and holistically assesses the patient’s physiological, emotional, sociocultural, spiritual, and financial status while considering lifestyle preferences and learning needs.
2. Planning: Collaborates with patients, families, and health care professionals to develop a patient-centered plan of care to promote health and optimize wellness.
3. Intervention: Provides competent and innovative patient care and education based on patient complexity, acuity, and nursing judgment within a culture of caring and safety.
4. Documentation: Documents nursing assessment, planning, interventions, implementation, and patient/family response.
5. Evaluation: Determines patient's progress toward achieving goal(s), and revises plan of care in collaboration with patient/family as needed.
6. Delegation and Supervision: The RN delegates, supervises and evaluates the effectiveness of tasks performed by Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) or Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) who have the knowledge and skill to perform the task, taking into consideration the following:

• scope of practice
• training
• competence
• population served
• experience
• policies and procedures

7. Leadership: Guides, directs and influences others by participating in activities such as:

• quality improvement, evidence-based practice and research
• shared governance (council structure)
• department-based projects
• continual learning

8. Professional and Organizational Responsibilities: Accepts accountability, elicits feedback, clarifies issues and concerns and works toward resolving problems or conflicts.

The RN practices in accordance with:

The Gundersen Health System (GHS) mission, values and strategic plan

The values, components and foundation of the GHS Nursing Professional