Registered Nurse - Rehabilitation

Job Details

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling. IL‑SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mount Vernon.

• Worker Type:
  Regular
• Job Highlights: RN – Rehab
• Schedule:
  
  Full‑time, day shift
• Rotation:
  Rotating schedule
• Weekends:
  As needed
• Call:
  No call required
• Pay Range: $31.21 – $49.94 (Hourly)

SSM Health values the skills and talents each team member brings. Compensation for this role is based on relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range is what SSM Health reasonably expects to offer at the time of posting, may be higher or lower as permitted by law.

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols of the healthcare organization.

• Implements and monitors patient care plans.
• Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well‑coordinated patient care.
• Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
• Assesses and coordinates patient’s discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• Applies the existing body of evidence‑based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that care is delivered based on patient’s age‑specific and clinical needs as described in the department’s Scope of Service.
• Demonstrates the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model.
• Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of patients and patient populations.
• Maintains a constant state of alertness and safety.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or an education equivalency for licensing.

No experience required.

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLSHCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

• Work Shift:
  
  Day Shift (United States of America)
• Job Type: Employee
• Department:  Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  36

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit offered through Daily Pay offering eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: upfront tuition coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.