Registered Nurse - Acute Rehab

Prime Healthcare•Joliet, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in Acute Rehab delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching, as well as activities of other nursing personnel, while maintaining standards of care. The nurse is directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients. The role includes communicating with physicians about changes in patients’ clinical conditions, including cardiac monitoring, diagnostic study results, and symptoms, and responding quickly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response. The position is part-time, on the day shift from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with rotating weekends and holidays and self-scheduling. It is based at Prime Healthcare Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter (preferred).
Previous acute-care hospital experience (preferred).
Ventilator management experience (preferred).
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) (preferred).

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel.
Maintain standards of care.
Take direct responsibility and accountability for the care of assigned patients.
Communicate with physicians about changes in patients’ clinical conditions, including cardiac monitoring, diagnostic study results, and symptoms.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.