Registered Nurse (RN)

Alden Village North•Chicago, IL

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to customers and supervises the day-to-day activities of nursing assistants in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local standards, regulations, and facility policies. The role is responsible for maintaining a high standard of quality care, supporting customer well-being, and ensuring nursing procedures and protocols are followed. The nurse helps plan and coordinate care, supervises and instructs nursing personnel, completes assessments and documentation, administers medications and treatments as ordered, and coordinates with physicians, families, and other departments. The position may involve working on different floors and taking on varied assignments.

Requirements

Current, unencumbered license to practice as an RN or LPN in Illinois and/or Wisconsin.
Current CPR certificate, or obtain certification within two weeks of employment.
Knowledge of nursing and medical practices and procedures.
Ability to read, write, and speak English understandably.
Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
Ability to deal tactfully with customers, families, visitors, personnel, government agencies, and the public.
Leadership and supervisory ability and willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
Personable, enthusiastic, and resourceful.
Ability to function independently and work effectively with customers, families, personnel, and support agencies.
Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people.
Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday and cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Adequate sight and hearing, with or without prosthetics, to perform the position’s requirements.
Good general health and emotional stability.

Nice To Haves

Interest in and/or knowledge of care of the aged.

Responsibilities

Provide direct nursing care to customers and supervise nursing assistants.
Plan, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct nursing activities for the assigned unit.
Ensure nursing procedures, protocols, and departmental policies are followed.
Instruct nursing personnel and support their job knowledge; counsel or discipline personnel as appropriate.
Assist in developing written customer care plans and participate in care plan conferences.
Make daily rounds on nursing personnel and customers, and make rounds with physicians as necessary.
Report customer or family concerns and complaints to the Administrator.
Maintain a warm, calm, and positive department environment.
Attend continuing education programs and staff meetings.
Recommend departmental equipment and supply needs to the Director of Nursing and place medication and treatment orders as necessary within budgetary guidelines.
Use the PCC 24-hour summary for recommendations and concerns related to customer care.
Complete accident and incident reports.
Encourage physicians to review treatment plans and document and sign orders and progress notes.
Document nursing care and customer responses in nurses’ notes and complete routine charting and monthly summaries.
Complete customer assessments and admission, discharge, and transfer processes.
Receive and document physician telephone orders, record diet orders, and forward diet information to the Dietary Department.
Prepare and administer medications and treatments as ordered, when appropriate, and review medication records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with stop-order policies.
Provide professional nursing services such as catheterization, tube feedings, suctioning, dressing changes, ostomy and drainage-bag care, and care of the dying, as required.
Orient new customers and family members to the facility.
Arrange physician-ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services and obtain ordered laboratory specimens.
Notify attending physicians and families of changes in customer condition.
Take and record temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, blood glucose checks, and other measurements as necessary.
Contact physicians about changes in condition, medication orders or changes, incidents, abnormal laboratory or X-ray results, and other matters relevant to customer care.
Perform other related duties as assigned.