Registered Nurse
Iroquois Memorial Hospital & Resident Home
Watseka, Illinois
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to work in our Progressive Care Unit. Iroquois Memorial Hospital & Resident Home is a community hospital.
Posted Oct 7 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 6am-6pm or 6:30pm-6:30am · 12-hour Schedule: 6am-6pm or 6:30pm-6:30am
- Unit and setting
- Progressive Care Unit · Hospital The registered nurse is responsible for providing high quality professional health care to patients for all age groups cared for in the unit.all age groups
- License
- RN license Illinois RN license active and in good standing
- Term
- Per Diem
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Possess current hospital experience (within 5 years) or be a new nursing graduate (within 2 years).
- License
- Illinois RN license active and in good standing Check your license
- Certification
- CPR certification within 3 months of hireAfter hire · within 3 months of hire
- Certification
- ACLS within one year of hireAfter hire · within one year of hire
- Certification
- PALS within one year of hireAfter hire · within one year of hire
- Experience
- current hospital experience within 5 years or new nursing graduate within 2 years
- Also asks
- service orientation Possess a service orientation.
Preferred
- Experience
- at least 1 year hospital clinical nursing experience Prefer at least 1 year of experience in hospital clinical nursing.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Illinois PRN postingsIllinois PRN postings that state pay run $31/hr to $55/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $49/hr, across 291 postings.
Benefits
- BenefitsLife Insurance* Life Insurance
- 401k/Retirement
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- timely and appropriate assessments of patient condition
- Day to day
- formulate timely plan of care addressing problems and interventions
- Day to day
- recognize and respond to emergencies
- Day to day
- crash cart and department readiness
- Day to day
- administer medications and IVs
- Day to day
- perform unit treatments and procedures
- Day to day
- patient and family education
- Day to day
- apply National Patient Safety Goals
- Day to day
- hourly rounding and assessing
- Day to day
- fall prevention techniques
- Day to day
- infection control and isolation procedures
- Day to day
- timely and accurate clinical documentation
- Day to day
- practice within ethical, regulatory, and legal guidelines
- Day to day
- electronic documentation system use
- Day to day
- patient privacy and confidentiality
- Day to day
- maintain professional appearance and demeanor
- Day to day
- create positive learning environment for students and new team members
- Day to day
- attend department meetings, inservices, and continuing education
- Day to day
- demonstrate willingness to learn and apply new knowledge
- Details
- 25-bed hospital Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois.
The workplace
In the ED, a PRN RN cares for all ages and severities and takes on-call plus weekend and holiday rotation, with flexibility across shifts. On the Resident Home side, the RN role centers on meds and IVs, treatments, fall prevention,…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
Original listing
Posted on Iroquois Memorial Hospital & Resident Home’s careers page.
Read full text
We are looking for a Registered Nurse to work in our Progressive Care Unit.
Status: PRN
Schedule
6am-6pm or 6:30pm-6:30am
Summary/Objective
The registered nurse is responsible for providing high quality professional health care to patients for all age groups cared for in the unit.
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Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Providing timely and appropriate assessments of patient condition.
- The plan of care is formulated timely and addresses all of the patient’s problems and interventions are appropriate for the patient's condition.
- Recognizes emergencies promptly and responds in an appropriate manner.
- Takes responsibility for crash cart readiness, department readiness and is proficient in emergency procedures.
- Administers medications & IV’s timely and accurately.
- Performs treatments & procedures skillfully and on time as appropriate to the unit.
- Educates patients & families, delivers the information on an appropriate level to the individual. Information is complete & documented.
- Applies knowledge of National Patient Safety Goals.
- Assures that hourly rounding and assessing is completed.
- Demonstrates an awareness of fall prevention techniques: identifies patients at risk, communicates risks to other caregivers, reports all falls.
- Engages in infection control practices and demonstrates knowledge of isolation procedures.
- Documentation is timely and accurately reflects patient condition and progress.
- Practices within ethical, regulatory and legal guidelines.
- Familiarity with the electronic documentation system and using it effectively and efficiently.
- Treats patients/families as guests. Respects privacy and confidentiality of patients.
- Maintains professional appearance and demeanor.
- Creates a positive learning environment for students and new team members.
- Attends department meetings, inservice programs and continuing education classes.
- Demonstrates a willingness to learn and apply new knowledge. Holds self to high standards to deliver to the best of his/her abilities.
- Other duties assigned.
Competencies
- Communication.
- Critical Evaluation.
- Relationship Management.
- Ethical Practice.
Required Education and Experience
- Possess current hospital experience (within 5 years) or be a new nursing graduate (within 2 years). Prefer at least 1 year of experience in hospital clinical nursing. Possess a service orientation.
Licenses/certifications
- State of Illinois RN license that’s active and in good standing.
- CPR certification within 3 months of hire.
- ACLS within one year of hire.
- PALS within one year of hire.
Benefit
- Life Insurance
- 401K
Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois. The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community. These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care. The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN. The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.
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What's around it?
Watseka, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $790/mo
- Household income
- $43,608/yr, all local households, not nurse pay