Registered Nurse - Quality Control/Assurance

Job Type
Full-time
Description
Generations at Oakton Pavillion, a 24-hour Skilled Nursing Facility located in Des Plaines, IL is seeking a Registered Nurse to be our Complex Patient Care Facilitator (QA Nurse). The ideal candidate will need to have had a few years of Respiratory (Vent/Trach) Care experience as well as some Dialysis, Infection Prevention and complex Wound Care experience.
Generations at Oakton Pavillion was the first healthcare facility in Illinois and in the Midwest, to achieve Enhanced Respiratory Care Accreditation by the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS). By receiving this ERC accreditation, Generations at Oakton Pavillion is honored to be included in the top 1% of long-term care facilities. Already known for providing compassionate person-centered care in a warm family-like setting with quality-of-life activities, our ERC accreditation is a testament to our continuing commitment to providing the highest quality of care for our patients.
Generations at Oakton Pavillion is offering a starting salary of $104,000 per year. This position is part of a matrix reporting structure that includes the VP/Director of Respiratory Services and the facility Director of Nursing.
Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (Sick, Vacation, Holidays
• A Monday through Friday Work Week
• Company Match 401k Plan
• Voluntary Health, Life, Dental, Vision, Disability Plans

The Complex Patient Care Facilitator responsibilities include:

• Coordinate care for complex, high acuity patients through collaborating with the nursing, respiratory, dialysis, wound care, infection prevention, and therapy teams
• Educate patients and families on the care plan by providing details related to treatments, procedures, medications and set realistic recovery goals
• Continually evaluate/measure short and long term outcomes of care and sharing results with the interdisciplinary team
• Participate in Care Plan meetings, coordinating information among the interdisciplinary team, monitoring doctor's orders and medication prescriptions
• Monitor all care management assessments and interventions
• Round regularly with physicians to ensure that care is proceeding appropriately and update care plan if needed
• Follow-up to ensure that ordered tests and treatments are proceeding efficiently and that results are available to physicians on a timely basis
• Consistently communicate plan of care updates/changes/progress with patients, families, physicians and interdisciplinary team
• Refer to Social Worker/Case Manager for complex psychosocial integrations in the plan of care
• If needed, collaborate with nursing and physicians, to coordinate the transfer of the patient to another facility if a higher level of care is required
• Ultimately responsible for the quality of care of patients on this unit

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Requirements
Requirements for the Complex Patient Care Facilitator Role:

• Must be a Registered Nurse, with an unencumbered license in the State of Illinois
• Must have experience working with high acuity patients, including Respiratory patients with vents and/or trachs
• Hospital, LTACH or Skilled Nursing Experience working with complex patients needing respiratory and/or Dialysis, Wound Care and Infection management
• Absolutely must have critical analytical, problem-solving skills; acute attention to details
• Be able to communicate effectively with patients/families in such a manner that they clearly understand the complexity of care that will be provided
• Collaborate well with peers, department heads and staff
• Have the ability to resolve conflicts of opinions in a professional manner
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others under pressure
• Have an outstanding bedside manner
• Exude a compassionate, caring demeanor

If this sounds like something for which you are suited, you are invited to apply today.
Salary Description
$104,000