RN​/LPN - Skilled Rehab ​/ PM Full- Time

Description

Looking for Full-Time PM RN/LPN

3pm-11pm

Week 1:
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Week 2:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday

Base Pay + Shift Differentials

Cantata Adult Life Services, formerly known as The British Home, is a nonprofit, mission-driven community with over 100 years of experience, offering a full continuum of care on a beautiful 10-acre campus in Brookfield, Illinois. We are seeking strong, compassionate leaders to join our team and help us continue enriching the lives of older adults through exceptional care and a vibrant community.

General Summary

The Staff Nurse is responsible for daily clinical operations on the unit, ensuring high-quality resident care, regulatory compliance, and effective team coordination. This role serves as a guide, mentor, and resource to residents and co-workers, while supporting interdisciplinary collaboration and safe care transitions.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities: This description is intended only to identify the basic responsibilities and requirements of this job classification and does not prevent the assignment of other job-related duties. Successful job applicants will be able to perform these essential functions with or without requested reasonable accommodation.

1. Supports the Mission, Values, and Vision of Cantata Adult Life Services and the facility.

2. Supports, cooperates with specific procedures and programs for:

Ø Safety, including universal precautions and safe work practices, established fire/safety/disaster plans, risk management, and security, report and/or correct unsafe working conditions, equipment repair and maintenance needs.

Ø Confidentiality of all data, including client, employee-partner and operations data.

Ø Quality Assurance and compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Ø Compliance with current law and policy to provide a work environment free from sexual harassment and all illegal and discriminatory behavior.

Resident Care & ADLs:

Ø Provides individualized attention, which encourages each client’s ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.

Ø Knowledgeable of the individualized care plan for clients and provides support to the client according to the care plan.

Ø Attends to the individual needs of clients which may include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation and range of motion, applying creams/ointments, administering medications or other needs in keeping with the individuals’ care requirements.

Ø Support restorative care and maintain resident comfort, privacy, dignity, and independence

Ø Interacts with clients in a warm, compassionate manner that fosters a caring, homelike environment.

Ø Fully understands all aspects of client rights, including the right to be free of restraints and free of abuse. Responsible for promptly reporting to the charge nurse or administrative staff incidents or evidence of client abuse or violation of clients’ rights.

Ø Answers clients’ call lights promptly and courteously.

Ø Provides care that maintains each client’s skin integrity to prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by changing incontinent clients, turning, repositioning immobile clients, and applying moisturizers to fragile skin, etc.

Monitoring & Reporting

Ø Observe clients for changes in condition or behavior and promptly reports these changes to appropriate licensed nursing personnel.

Ø Monitor residents for safety risks (falls, skin breakdown, changes in behavior or cognition)

Ø Communicate unit updates, concerns, and priorities to the NP and DON

Documentation

Ø Ensure accurate, timely, and complete documentation in the EMR (e.g., Matrix-Care)

Ø Completion of required assessments (admission, discharge, pain, etc.)

Ø Ensure compliance with IDPH, CMS, and facility policies

Ø Prepare for and support regulatory surveys

Ø Oversee admissions, transfers, and discharges for clinical readiness

Ø Verify orders, medications, and care plans are implemented correctly

Ø Support safe discharge planning in collaboration with the care team

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