Registered Nurse-LOH Adult unit
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care on the LOH Adult unit. The role includes assessing patients, developing and administering plans of care, documenting care, and evaluating outcomes. The nurse welcomes patients and promotes a safe, therapeutic milieu by supervising and providing feedback to direct care staff, assigning rounds, and ensuring precaution records are completed in real time. The nurse collaborates with the Resource and Referral Department to facilitate admissions and transfers, and provides thorough handoff communication for admissions, transfers, discharges, and boarding patients. The role also involves gathering and analyzing information from patients, families, and healthcare providers about physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge-planning needs; participating in interdisciplinary planning; and ensuring medical problems are incorporated into treatment plans. This is a full-time position scheduled for 36 hours per week, from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., at LOH Main in Naperville. The hourly pay range is $37.25–$57.74, with the rate determined in part by expertise and years of experience.
Requirements
- Nursing degree.
- Maintain highly confidential information.
- 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 a system of rewards and consequences.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients' conditions; develop and administer plans of care; document care administered; and evaluate patient care outcomes.
- Welcome patients to the unit.
- Promote and maintain a safe, therapeutic milieu by providing appropriate supervision and feedback to other 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.
- Interact with patients, families, and appropriate healthcare providers to collect and analyze data about patient needs, including physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and anticipated discharge-planning needs.
- Participate in the interdisciplinary planning process.
- Ensure medical problems are incorporated into the treatment plan.
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
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
