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Registered Nurse-Transitional Care Full Time Evenings Sign On Bonus Eligible

Palos Heights, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients boarding in the Emergency Department awaiting inpatient beds, focusing on safety, comfort, and seamless transition to the next phase of care.

Role type

Staff Registered Nurse (Transitional Care/ER)

Builds

Patient stabilization and discharge planning for ER boarding patients

Domain

Healthcare / Emergency Medicine / Transitional Care

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Patient assessment, medication and infusion management, evidence-based care planning, discharge planning, multidisciplinary collaboration, data documentation

Preferred skills

Telemetry or Med Surg experience, Trauma Nurse Specialist certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, TNCC certification

Technologies

Electronic Health Records (implied by documentation requirements)

Responsibilities

Assess and record patient status upon admission, identify immediate care needs, validate diagnoses with the care team, initiate and update problem lists, develop individualized plans of care, provide patient and family education, arrange discharge conferences, document all interventions and outcomes, collaborate with healthcare teams on patient progress

Seniority

Individual Contributor (Staff Nurse)

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