RN/LPN - Skilled Rehab / Nights Saturdays Only

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

• Supports the Mission, Values, and Vision of Cantata Adult Life Services and the facility.
• Safeguards confidentiality of all data, including client, employee-partner, and operations data.
• Ensures quality assurance and compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Complies with current law and policy to provide a work environment free from sexual harassment and illegal and discriminatory behavior.
• Supports resident care and ADLs by providing individualized attention, assisting with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, transferring, ambulation, and range of motion.
• Maintains resident comfort, privacy, dignity, and independence by interacting with clients in a warm, compassionate manner.
• Reports incidents or evidence of client abuse or violation of clients' rights promptly.
• Answers clients' call lights promptly and courteously.
• Monitors residents for safety risks and communicates unit updates, concerns, and priorities to the NP and DON.
• Ensures accurate, timely, and complete documentation in the EMR and complies with IDPH, CMS, and facility policies.
• Supports safe discharge planning in collaboration with the care team and identifies and escalates barriers to discharge.
• Communicates effectively and tactfully with clients, families, visitors, peers, and supervisors, including in sensitive or emotional situations.
• Works collaboratively with team members and promotes positive relationships and a professional image with clients, families, and guests.
• Ambulates throughout the unit to complete rounds and safely transport clients within the facility.
• Completes required in-service training and maintains compliance with attendance, uniform, dress code, and personal hygiene standards.
• Assists the supervisor with administrative tasks and special projects to support department operations, as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Active RN or LPN license in the state of Illinois.
• Clinical experience in skilled nursing or acute care (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of long-term care regulations (IDPH/CMS).
• Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills.
• Ability and willingness to work harmoniously within a team environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form with a diverse group of people.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, clients/patients, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and the general public.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances require.
• Aptitude for detail work.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility.
• Must stay on unit until relieved by oncoming staff.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility.
• Must be able to frequently push, pull, move 20-30 lbs., and occasionally lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
• Sits, stands, bends, lifts, walks and climbs stairs, as needed to perform tasks/duties.
• May be scheduled to work weekends and holidays based on operational needs.
• Schedules are subject to change based on operational need.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of clients during emergency situations.
• Aptitude for detail work.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility.
• Must stay on unit until relieved by oncoming staff.
• If oncoming staff is late or missing inform the scheduler/DON.