Travel Nurse – Home Health Care
Job ID:
R110246
Shift:
1st
Full/Part Time:
Full_time
Location:
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center – 4440 W 95th St
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
36
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
- 12-16 week assignments available in multiple regions
- non-benefitted, but eligible for 401
Position Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with Current IL RN license
- 1 Year Home Health experience required.
- ·Current AHA CPR
- ·Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing
- ·Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick
- Ability to assist in evacuation of patients in the event of a fire or other disaster
- Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients
- Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit
- Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other team member, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
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Responsible for providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures. Using evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion and skilled communication, leads efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.
Advocate Health Care is the largest health system in Illinois and a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. One of the state’s largest private employers, the system serves patients across 11 hospital locations, including two children’s campuses, and more than 250 sites of care. Advocate Health Care, in addition to Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin and Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, is now a part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.
