Registered Nurse-PM/Nights-LOH Adol unit
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care in an adolescent psychiatric unit at LOH Main in Naperville, working full-time from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The nurse assesses patients, develops and administers plans of care, documents care, and evaluates outcomes. The role supports a safe, therapeutic milieu through patient supervision, staff feedback, and real-time completion of rounds and precaution records. The nurse collaborates with the Resource and Referral Department and other healthcare providers to coordinate admissions, transfers, discharges, and boarding-patient handoffs. The role gathers and analyzes patient information across physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge-planning needs; contributes to interdisciplinary care planning; and ensures medical problems are addressed in treatment plans. The nurse also supports nursing department goals and program evaluation, participates in staff selection and orientation, attends training, and serves as a resource and role model for students and staff. The position may supervise direct patient care and is expected to work within budgetary constraints for staffing, overtime, supplies, and equipment.
Requirements
- Nursing degree.
- Current State of Illinois Registered Nurse license.
- Current CPR certification issued by the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
- Obtain CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) certification within 90 days of hire.
Nice To Haves
- One year of psychiatric experience.
- Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the psychiatric population.
- Familiarity with management of a therapeutic level system and understanding of systems of rewards and consequences.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients, develop and administer patient plans of care, document care, and evaluate patient care outcomes.
- Welcome patients to the unit and promote and maintain a safe, therapeutic milieu through appropriate supervision and feedback to direct care staff.
- Ensure rounds are assigned and precaution records are completed in real time.
- Collaborate with the Resource and Referral Department to facilitate patient admissions and transfers.
- Request and provide thorough handoff communication upon admission, transfer, or discharge, and when sending or receiving boarding patients.
- Collect and analyze information from patients, families, and healthcare providers about patients’ physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and anticipated discharge-planning needs.
- Participate in interdisciplinary planning and ensure medical problems are incorporated into treatment plans.
- Assist in developing and attaining nursing department goals and objectives, improve department functioning, and enhance professional competence.
- Assist with selection and orientation of qualified personnel and participate in program evaluation.
- Attend in-service programs and trainings; serve as a role model and resource for students; and explain organizational policies and procedures to staff and patients.
- Use opportunities with community groups to increase understanding of mental health problems.
- Supervise direct patient care as required and work within budgetary constraints related to staffing, overtime, supplies, and equipment.
- Maintain information as highly confidential.
Benefits
- Premium pay, such as shift, on-call, and holiday pay, based on the employee’s job.
- Incentive pay for select positions.
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.
- Career Pathways to promote professional growth and development.
- Medical, dental, pet, and vision options.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Free parking.
- Wellness Program Savings Plan.
- Health Savings Account options.
- Retirement options with company match.
- Paid time off and holiday pay.
- Community involvement opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
