Registered Nurse I

Essential Functions

• Utilizes the nursing process to provide professional nursing care to mentally ill patients on a living unit on an assigned shift.
• Provides guidance to lower-level staff for adherence to treatment plans and compliance with applicable operational policies and procedures, current professional standards of psychiatric mental health patient care.
• Performs a variety of nursing care functions including preparing and administering medication, laboratory specimens, preparing patients for specialized diagnostic testing, providing Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Consults with physicians and other professional staff regarding patient treatment and care.
• Maintains a safe, secure therapeutic and sanitary environment of care and general performance of duties.
• Completes mandatory nursing training requirements and continuing education workshops and seminars to maintain professional competency.

Conditions of Employment

• Able to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis.
• Able to serve on an on-call basis.
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted.
• Able to acquire and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
• Able to utilize office equipment, including personal computers and basic computer skills.
• Able to physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to the patient or others.
• Able to travel in the performance of job duties.
• Able to pass the IDHS background check.
• Able to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.