Rehabilitation Nurse Technician Weekender Full time Night Shift Sign On Bonus Offered

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • Wheaton, IL

20d • Onsite

About The Position

The Rehabilitation Nurse Technician (RNT) provides care to adults and children with severe chronic conditions and complex disabilities as a member of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation care team. Under the direction, delegation, and supervision of a professional registered nurse, the RNT supports patients and families in achieving independence and adjusting to health needs. The role assists with activities of daily living, mobility, skin care, bowel and bladder programs, and maintaining a clean and safe patient environment. Additional duties include de-escalation techniques and 12-lead EKGs under RN direction, participation in unit quality projects, and precepting new RNT employees. The position is 0.9 FTE, full-time, on the night shift, and offers a $4,000 sign-on bonus to eligible candidates. Internal transfers and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine less than one year ago are ineligible for the bonus, subject to the stated exception for eligible new graduate internal employees pursuing their first licensed clinical Registered Nurse position at NM.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Current Nursing Assistant certification (CNA), or current enrollment in an RN nursing program with successful completion of two clinical rotations.
• Current CPR certification.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to communicate with a wide variety of people and provide a high level of customer service.
• Understanding and support of Northwestern Medicine’s mission and values.
• Flexibility and ability to manage work in a changing environment.
• Complete 12-lead EKG competency within six months of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Two to five years of work experience in a rehabilitation hospital, acute care hospital, or skilled nursing facility.

Responsibilities

• Collect and report physiological, psychological, and functional data in accordance with the patient’s plan of care or needs.
• Assist and instruct patients with personal hygiene and activities of daily living, promoting independence and skill practice.
• Provide preventive skin care as directed by the RN and immediately report changes in skin integrity.
• Assist with bladder and bowel training, including post-void residuals and spot bladder scans; perform straight catheterization for select patient populations under RN direction; and care for indwelling and external catheters and ostomies.
• Obtain and document vital signs and pulse oximetry, and promptly communicate reportable values, symptoms, or signs of distress to the RN.
• Assist patients with transfers, mobility, therapy transfers, and ambulation using appropriate techniques, precautions, assistive devices, and safe patient-handling guidelines as delegated by the RN.
• Assist with application of assistive devices, prosthetics, and orthoses according to the patient’s plan of care.
• Help patients complete menus; pass meal trays and bedtime snacks; verify modified diets; document calorie, carbohydrate, intake, and output information; assist with ordered 1:1 feeding; and cue patients with dysphagia to use prescribed swallowing strategies under RN direction.
• Answer and triage call lights, respond to patient needs with appropriate urgency, and prepare patient rooms for therapy.
• Obtain weekly and ordered daily weights using methods appropriate to patients’ mobility and escalate changes as needed.
• Collect laboratory specimens as directed by the RN; obtain blood glucose measurements and 12-lead EKGs as ordered.
• Transfer patients from wall oxygen to tank oxygen or manage tube feedings in preparation for therapy attendance.
• Supervise patients at risk of falls or injury, use restraints when indicated, provide 1:1 safety observation as needed, and conduct regular comfort and environmental safety rounds.
• Use de-escalation techniques with agitated or aggressive patients.
• Maintain and organize unit equipment inventories; precept new employees and partner with RNT-certified nursing students during clinical rotations.
• Participate on the Cardiac Arrest team by performing high-quality CPR and participate in bedside handoff.
• Participate in system and local quality-improvement goals; collect data and conduct audits for Joint Commission readiness and improvement projects; help maintain unit regulatory readiness.
• Maintain therapeutic, customer-focused relationships and communicate effectively with patients according to age and cognitive status, with cultural sensitivity.
• Work effectively with peers and hospital staff, and triage patient and general concerns to the RN.
• Follow infection-control policies and procedures and Marianjoy policies concerning precautions, codes, conditions, warnings, and general safety procedures; contribute to safe and professional patient care, including appropriate use of safety or restrictive devices.
• Rotate among units according to patient-care needs and adapt to changes in policies, procedures, units, and patient populations.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the nurse manager, nurse supervisor, staff nurse, or charge nurse.

Benefits

• The employer describes a range of benefits intended to support employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provide protection for unexpected life events; specific benefits and eligibility are available through the linked benefits information.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Loan forgiveness.
• 401(k) matching.
• A $4,000 sign-on bonus for eligible candidates, subject to stated exclusions and exception.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED