Registered Nurse

$10,000 Sign on Bonus- Registered Nurse

Job Location: Marseilles, Illinois

Job Type: PART TIME AND FULL TIME

About the Role

Goldwater Care Marseilles, a provider of exceptional post-hospital rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing care, is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse to join our team. As a Registered Nurse at Goldwater Care Marseilles, you will play a critical role in providing direct nursing care to our residents, supervising nursing assistants, and ensuring the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct the day-to-day functions of nursing assistants and meet with assigned staff to plan shift services, programs, and activities

• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required, providing leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit/shift

• Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts, receive and transcribe telephone orders from physicians, and chart nurse's notes in an informative and descriptive manner

• Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician, as well as perform routine charting duties and administer professional services such as catheterization, tube feedings, and suction

• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-departmental personnel and other departments within the facility to ensure adequate nursing services and activities can be maintained to meet the needs of our residents

• Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information, including protected health information

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a current unencumbered state license

• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language

• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action

• Knowledge of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities

• Current CPR Certification required

• Experience in Long Term Care preferred

Physical Demands

• Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday

• Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position

• Ability to meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility

• Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet

• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations