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Registered Nurse - Full-time / Part-time
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Lombard, IL Lombard, Illinois |
About this job
Advocate at Home offers comprehensive, quality home health and hospice care throughout metropolitan Chicago, surrounding counties and down to central IL. As Illinois' largest, privately held home health care and hospice provider, we have the means and opportunities to enhance your worklife quality.
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
2~3 years of medical nursing experience with various age groups.
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Good documentation skills.
Computer skills
Good time management and organizational skills
Familiarity with patient care equipment
Good customer service skills
Current Illinois RN license
Curent CPR
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing
Ability to take 'on call" assignments.
Ability to handle multiple tasks and complete work within short timeframes.
Ability to transport objects, patients, and equipment
Ability to respond quickly to patient needs and work at fast pace
Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick
Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients
Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas
Ability to lift up to 100 pounds occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds frequently and/or in excess of 20 pounds constantly
Must be able to travel to all areas within the Advocate service area in all extremes of weather on all types of roads. Exposed to widely varying social and environmental conditions in patient's neighborhoods and homes. Must be willing to work occasional overtime if needed. Required to make visits to private residences which may not be accessible to people with disabilities.
Must be able to assist with ambulation including turning and transferring patients up to 200 pounds
If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case~by~case basis.
The admission nurse assumes primary responsibility for the admission of patients into the hospice program. The admission process includes the assessment, planning, and implementation of the plan of treatment.
The admission nurse ensures admission to the hospice program and smooth transition and hand off to the IDT. Communication with the hospital, physicians and other care providers is essential.
Accountabilities:
Responsible for the admission process to hospice services.
Patient/Staff Education: Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families. Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes.
Leadership/Collaboration/Professional Development: Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care. Demonstrates leadership behaviors and is committed to the development of self and others.
Assuring/Improving Quality Care: Facilitates the patient and family's right to receive quality, cost effective care
Hours will be 11am-7:30pm. Position will service north city and north suburbs. Position will be M-F with every other weekend and no on call. Must be able to work 1 summer and 1 winter holiday.
About Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's Top 5 large health systems based on quality by Truven Analytics, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 12 hospitals that encompass 11 acute care hospitals, the state's largest integrated children's network, the state's largest emergency and Level I trauma network, one of the area's largest home health care companies, and the region's largest medical group. Advocate Health Care has 4 teaching hospitals and is a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ.
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
2~3 years of medical nursing experience with various age groups.
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Good documentation skills.
Computer skills
Good time management and organizational skills
Familiarity with patient care equipment
Good customer service skills
Current Illinois RN license
Curent CPR
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing
Ability to take 'on call" assignments.
Ability to handle multiple tasks and complete work within short timeframes.
Ability to transport objects, patients, and equipment
Ability to respond quickly to patient needs and work at fast pace
Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick
Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients
Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas
Ability to lift up to 100 pounds occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds frequently and/or in excess of 20 pounds constantly
Must be able to travel to all areas within the Advocate service area in all extremes of weather on all types of roads. Exposed to widely varying social and environmental conditions in patient's neighborhoods and homes. Must be willing to work occasional overtime if needed. Required to make visits to private residences which may not be accessible to people with disabilities.
Must be able to assist with ambulation including turning and transferring patients up to 200 pounds
If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case~by~case basis.
The admission nurse assumes primary responsibility for the admission of patients into the hospice program. The admission process includes the assessment, planning, and implementation of the plan of treatment.
The admission nurse ensures admission to the hospice program and smooth transition and hand off to the IDT. Communication with the hospital, physicians and other care providers is essential.
Accountabilities:
Responsible for the admission process to hospice services.
Patient/Staff Education: Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families. Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes.
Leadership/Collaboration/Professional Development: Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care. Demonstrates leadership behaviors and is committed to the development of self and others.
Assuring/Improving Quality Care: Facilitates the patient and family's right to receive quality, cost effective care
Hours will be 11am-7:30pm. Position will service north city and north suburbs. Position will be M-F with every other weekend and no on call. Must be able to work 1 summer and 1 winter holiday.
About Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's Top 5 large health systems based on quality by Truven Analytics, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 12 hospitals that encompass 11 acute care hospitals, the state's largest integrated children's network, the state's largest emergency and Level I trauma network, one of the area's largest home health care companies, and the region's largest medical group. Advocate Health Care has 4 teaching hospitals and is a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ.
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