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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Rockford, Illinois

About this job

Full time Day positions available: Three 12-hr shifts per week

A beautiful 60-bed acute rehab hospital, Van Matre HealthSouth is a joint venture between HealthSouth, a national leader of rehab services, and Rockford Health System, site of the new Brian and Spine Center, the areas first Neurosciences program. We specialize in rehabilitation of stroke and other neurological disorders, brain and spinal cord injuries, amputations, orthopedic, cardiac and pulmonary conditions. Our goal is to improve our patients' function so they can return back home and to the activities they enjoy most. Rockford, IL is centrally located between Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago. We have wonderful parks and shopping- it combines all the benefits of a big city with the convenience and comfort of a small town.

At HealthSouth the Rehabilitation Nurse Technician/Certified Nursing Assistant acts in a team member capacity to help the patients, staff members, and the hospital achieve their goals. They are active in department activities to ensure individualized patient-centered health care for all patient populations admitted to HealthSouth.

The Rehabilitation Nurse Technician/Certified Nursing Assistant is also responsible for:

Assisting the RN/LPN in completing tasks that support patient care activities and treatments

Providing direct patient care activities appropriate to training and competency

Ensures that department is kept clean and organized

Assists with equipment maintenance and cleaning of supplies

Completes patient care activities as assigned while promoting excellent patient satisfaction and outcomes

Ensure that patients and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere, which recognizes the individual's needs and rights

Benefits

To attract and retain the best professionals, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), college savings plan, employee assistance program, pre-paid legal plan and much more. For more information on available benefits, please click here .

What types of patients will you see? We are an acute rehabilitation hospital setting. Typically our patients spend an average of 2-4 weeks in our hospital and come to us with a wide variety of diagnosis such as: stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, various neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, amputation, joint replacement, fractures, multiple trauma, cardiac conditions, and pulmonary conditions. 80% of our patients are discharged directly home.

We use evidence-based practice guidelines to treat our patients. We utilize our clinical outcomes to asses and improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve our patient outcomes.

Helping you become better is critical to our success - You will be paired with mentors ; attend in-house as well as external educational programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and medical staff; and we offer educational benefits if you are interested in continuing your education.

License or Certification:

RNT/CNA preferred or as required by state requirements

CPR certification required.

Education, Training and Years of Experience:

One year experience in inpatient general hospital setting preferred

Machines, Equipment Used:

General office equipment such as telephone, copy machine, fax machine, calculator, computer

Physical Requirements:

Good visual acuity and ability to communicate

Ability to lift a minimum of 30 pounds and ability push/pull a minimum of 30 pounds, which includes the lifting, pushing and/or pulling of medical supplies and equipment and the transferring and repositioning of patients. Reasonable assistance may be requested when lifting, pushing, and/or pulling are undertaken which exceeds these minimum requirements

Ability to withstand prolonged standing and walking

Ability to reach, stoop, bend, kneel, and crouch are required for patient care functions and in setting up and monitoring equipment

Submit confidential resume to:

Van Matre HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital by appling online at: http://www.healthsouth.com/ or http://www.vanmatrerehab.com/

950 S. Mulford Rd.

Rockford, IL 61108

EOE