Registered Nurse- Long Term Care Center-Days

apartment Mercyhealth location_onHarvard, IL 60033, US

Overview

Our compassionate staff focuses on providing short term-rehabilitation services to get you back to the life you love. After a hospitalization or illness, we treat patients who may need extra assistance during their recovery period. From there, we help to ease the transition from the hospital to the comfort of their own home or other living arrangement. Health problems like stroke, congestive heart failure, lung disease, joint replacements and hip fractures can affect the entire body. Recovering from these problems requires a whole-person approach from Mercyhealth's qualified staff. They specialize in IV-therapy, wound care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.

· Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws practice act.

· Documents according to standards of care.

· Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care.

· Develops, initiates, and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by Physician and or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.

· Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.

· Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units’ departments in support of the patient’s longitudinal plan of care.

· Utilizes critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.

· Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions and peer review process.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred.

May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines)

CERTIFICATION or LICENSURE

Licensed as an RN in state of practice

Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days

Other certification(s) per unit requirements. For example : ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP

SPECIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. RN Hospital, RN Home Health and Hospice, RN Oncology: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus. RN Clinic and Ambulatory RN’s: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or smell. The employee must regularly lift and or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Culture of Excellence Behavior Expectations

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Benefits

For eligible partners who hold an FTE of 0.5 or higher we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes is but not limited to health, dental and vision insurance, a retirement plan with a competitive matching contribution and generous paid time off that increases with longevity. Mercyhealth offers several education assistance programs and tuition reimbursement to support employees in their career advancement. Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, a variety of paid and non-paid leaves, and on-demand pay. We have a wide array of supplemental benefits including pet insurance, legal and identity protection, auto and home insurance.

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