Registered Nurse - Home Health Case Manager (Sugar Grove, Yorkville and surrounding)

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum; Demonstrates adaptive communication styles based on individual patient needs; Provides individualized care to promote physical and psychosocial comfort; Assesses patient and family readiness and involves them in planning and implementing care; Facilitates the patient and family’s right to receive quality, cost effective care; Mobilizes appropriate resources in response to situations that have the potential to negatively impact patient and family outcomes; Adapts practice to the latest standards according to evidence-based literature; Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives; Participates in efforts to reduce risk and improve patient safety; Meets regulatory and mandatory requirements on the unit; Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families; Assists in creating an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities for nursing peers and colleagues; Assesses patient and family readiness to learn, and modifies approach as necessary; Seeks out opportunities to enhance knowledge, skill, and competence of department members; Demonstrates the use of nursing process as a problem-solving model; Recognizes changes in clinical situations and evaluates and implements changes to the plan of care; Consistently makes sound clinical decisions, demonstrating the ability to care for patients with complex problems; Prioritizes and organizes patient care and ensures follow through with planned care; Initiates referrals and discharge planning for assigned patients and actively coordinates utilizing the interdisciplinary approach; Applies ethical decision making; Monitors for confidentiality and assures appropriate business conduct; Delegates correctly to unlicensed assistive personnel; Seeks resources for disruptive behavior that impedes care delivery; Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team; Demonstrates leadership behaviors and is committed to the development of self and others; Participates in unit meetings and activities that improve patient care or administrative systems; Utilizes available resources to maintain current knowledge base relevant to practice; Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills, promoting collaboration among healthcare team members; Demonstrates ability to critique own nursing practice and achieves required certifications or Bachelor’s Degree; Earns a minimum of 10 contact hours per year

Requirements

Nurse, Registered (RN); Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; Earn 10 continuing education credits annually; One year of medical surgical experience; Demonstrated proficiency for the requirements for RN role; Good communication and interpersonal skills; Good documentation skills; Computer skills; Good time management and organizational skills; Familiarity with patient care equipment; Current Illinois RN license; Current 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; Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit; 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; 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; Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance for direct patient care, with patient handling equipment for lifts over 35 pounds when available; Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions; Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients; Exposed to widely varying social and environmental conditions in patient's neighborhoods and homes

Benefits

Sign on Bonus eligible (external candidates) up to $10,000; Competitive Pay; Incentive Pay Eligible; Referral Bonus Programs; Student Loan Support; Tuition Assistance Available; Mileage reimbursement; Paid Time Off programs; Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability; Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses; Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave; Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs; Educational Assistance Program