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RN - Multispecialty - Acute Care & Birth Center (full-time)

Sauk Prairie Healthcare

  • Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
  • 4 days ago

    Highlights

    The Multispecialty Nurse functions as a nurse generalist with two designated primary units, Birth and Women's Care and Acute Care, delivering high‑quality care while remaining skilled to support additional departments. Provide care for labor, delivery, postpartum, and newborn patients, including those requiring additional support (e.g., IV therapy, oxygen).

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPrairie du Sac, Wisconsin
    IndustryHealthcare Services
    Company Size100 to 499 employees
    Year Founded1956
    Websitehttp://www.saukprairiehealthcare.org/

    Description

    Looking to be part of a team that provides extraordinary healthcare from the heart? You Belong Here.

    POSITION SPECIFICS

    Title: RN - Multispecialty - Acute Care & Birth & Women's Care

    FTE: 0.9 FTE (72 hours per 2-week pay period)

    Schedule: Three (3) 12- hour shifts every week; days or nights

    Holiday Rotation: Every third holiday

    Weekend Rotation: Every third, rotation

    On Call Requirements: One 12- hour weekend shift every 3rd week

    POSITION SUMMARY

    The Multispecialty Nurse functions as a nurse generalist with two designated primary units, Birth and Women's Care and Acute Care, delivering high‑quality care while remaining skilled to support additional departments. This role requires a high degree of flexibility, strong clinical judgment, and the ability to rapidly adapt to varying patient acuity levels, assignments, workflows, and care environments. The Multispecialty Nurse collaborates closely with interdisciplinary team members to ensure continuity of care across the patient continuum and consistently practices in accordance with professional nursing standards, scope of practice, and applicable unit‑based and organizational policies and procedures.

    POSITION TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

    Core Nursing Practice (All Settings)

    • Utilize the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to provide individualized, patient-centered care.

    • Perform comprehensive nursing assessments, including admission, ongoing reassessment, and documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).

    • Develop, implement, and update patient plans of care based on assessment and diagnosis, with reviews at least every 24 hours.

    • Administer medications safely, including IV therapy, and monitors for effectiveness and adverse reactions.

    • Review, verify, and implement provider orders in a timely manner.

    • Monitor, document, and communicate changes in patient condition, notifying providers as appropriate.

    • Initiate and support patient and family education, including discharge planning.

    • Respond to life-threatening situations in accordance with established standards and protocols.

    • Perform or assist with procedures based on competency and policy.

    • Provide bedside shift report and ensures safe patient handoffs, including transfers when needed.

    • Collaborate with and delegate to interdisciplinary team members to ensure coordinated care.

    • Maintain clinical competencies and participate in ongoing education and training.

    • Participate in quality improvement initiatives and attends required meetings.

    Acute Care Responsibilities

    • Provide care for medical-surgical patients with varying levels of acuity.

    • Safely manages multiple patients while maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment.

    • Apply and monitor clinical equipment as appropriate to patient needs.

    • Recognize and respond to acute changes in patient condition and escalate care as needed.

    Birth & Women’s Care Responsibilities

    • Provide triage and assessment for obstetric outpatients, including review of prenatal history.

    • Initiate, interpret, and document fetal monitoring in accordance with established guidelines.

    • Perform vaginal examinations and monitor labor progression, communicating updates using SBAR.

    • Support laboring patients and families, including pain management preferences.

    • Prepare for and assist with vaginal and cesarean deliveries (scheduled and emergent).

    • Assist with obstetric procedures and supports anesthesia placement as needed.

    • Provide care for labor, delivery, postpartum, and newborn patients, including those requiring additional support (e.g., IV therapy, oxygen).

    • Provide lactation support and education.

    • Respond to obstetric and neonatal emergencies in accordance with established protocols.

    • Provide recovery care for patients following gynecological procedures.

    Additional Responsibilities

    • Maintain a clean, organized, and well-stocked patient care environment.

    • May serve as a preceptor to support onboarding and development of staff.

    • Protect and advocate patient rights in all care settings.

    POSITION REQUIREMENTS

    Education:

    • Required: Associate Degree in Nursing

    • Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

    Experience:

    • Required: 3-5 Years of nursing experience

    • Preferred: 5+ years of nursing experience

    Licenses and Registrations:

    • Required:  Current State of Wisconsin Registered Nurse license or Multistate Nurse License

    • Preferred:   None

    Certification(s):

    Required:

    • Basic Life Support (BLS): 3 months from hire

    • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): 6 months from hire

    • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS): 1 year from hire

    • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP): 1 year from hire

    • Sugar & Safe Care, Temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure, Lab Work, Emotional Support (STABLE): 1 year from hire

    ​Preferred: N/A

    BENEFIT SUMMARY

    • Competitive health and dental insurance options

    • Flexible paid time off to balance work and life

    • Retirement plan with immediate vesting and employer match

    • Discounted membership to our state-of-the-art fitness facility

    • Generous tuition reimbursement

    • Employer provided life and disability insurance

    • Free parking at facility

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    About Company

    Founded in 1956, Sauk Prairie Healthcare includes a 36-bed, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) acute care hospital and two surgical specialty practices located in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin as well as four primary care clinics in Wisconsin Heights, Spring Green and Lodi. Sauk Prairie Hospital has been named in the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics and was recently named in the top 5% for patient satisfaction by Press Ganey, thereby earning the prestigious Guardian of Excellence Award. Sauk Prairie Healthcare provides care for more than 40,000 people in our service area, which extends from Poynette to Lone Rock and from Plain to Wisconsin Heights.

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