Registered Nurse RN

Nexus-Family-Healing; Manteno (IL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four weeks PTO

Health insurance

No-cost life insurance

Short/long-term disability insurance

401k match

Therapy Benefit for the whole family

Carrot Fertility Benefit

Tuition assistance

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Nexus Family Healing in Manteno, IL is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide client-centered health care to residents in a residential setting, aligned with Nexus Family Healing policies and protocols.

The RN will work with an interdisciplinary team, supporting medical care, medication administration, and ongoing assessments while maintaining strict confidentiality and safety standards. Competitive benefits accompany this role.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Valid Registered Nurse License.
• 1+ year related nursing experience.
• First Aid/CPR/Infection Control certification.
• Valid driver’s license per state requirements.
• Must pass IL DCFS background check.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams regarding medical aspects of resident admissions.
• Communicates medical concerns and coordinates follow-up appointments and referrals.
• Collects and reviews residents’ medical data and maintains accurate records.
• Assesses nursing implications of data and communicates with physicians as needed.
• Monitors acute and chronic conditions and provides treatment or consultation.
• When needed in emergencies, assesses status and coordinates higher level of care.
• Serves as a resource to staff regarding medical concerns.
• Collaborates with treatment staff to develop individual treatment plans.
• Verify, count, and administer medications; educate on side effects and interactions.
• Monitor daily for side effects and ensure prescriptions are filled and tracked.
• Maintain medication logs and complete required trainings.

Skills

Nursing experience

Patient care

Communication

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Registered Nurse License

First Aid/CPR/Infection Control certification

Driver’s license

Tools

CPR Certification

Job description

Description

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN). The RN promotes the health and well-being to Nexus Family Healing residents by providing client-centered health care services, in accordance with Nexus Family Healing policies, procedures, and protocols.

Our RN role also offers perks of working in a well-established youth residential setting, including meaningful and impactful work with an adolescent clientele, more consistent hours, as well as lighter triage responsibilities, with more focus on medication administration. Most of all, you can join a team that truly cares!

Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit with over 50 years of experience restoring hope for children and families through mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment. At Nexus Family Healing in Manteno, IL, youth in residential care attend Safe Harbor School, an accredited special education program for grades 6–12, offering individualized curricula with transferable credits upon discharge.

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Work Schedule & Salary

• Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours per week
• Pay rate: $35 - $40 per hour
• Onsite: 101 N Bramble St., Manteno, IL 60950

Benefits

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• 401k match
• NEW – Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

Position Summary

The Nurse (RN) promotes the health and well-being to Nexus Family Healing residents by providing client-centered health care services, in accordance with Nexus Family Healing policies, procedures, and protocols.

Primary responsibilities

1. Resident Medical Care

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams regarding medical aspects of client admissions.
• Communicates medical concerns and coordinates necessary follow-up appointments, and/or referrals with interdisciplinary teams both internally and externally.
• Collects and reviews clients’ medical data and ensures that medical records are current and accurate.
• Assesses nursing implications of all data pertaining to the resident and determines the need to communicate with the physician.
• Monitors acute and chronic medical conditions of clients; provides treatment or consultation as needed.
• In emergency situations, gather relevant information and assess client status. Provide appropriate care and/or treatment, direct others as necessary, and collaborate referral to a higher-level of care if appropriate.

2. Treatment Team Collaboration

• Serves as a resource to staff and other interdisciplinary teams regarding client medical concerns.
• Collaborates with the treatment staff to develop individual client treatment plans.

3. Implement, monitor, and coordinate medication administration to clients

• Verify, count, and administer medications to residents.
• Educates clients on medication side effects, adverse effects, and drug interactions.
• Monitors clients daily for side effects, adverse effects, and/or drug interactions.
• Ensures client prescriptions are filled, and the appropriate amount is maintained through each client’s stay within the residential milieu.
• Monitors medication logbooks for completion and accuracy.

4. Staff Meetings & Required Training

• Completes all required trainings that are department/role specific & facility-wide requirements.
• Maintains and stay up to date with trainings and certifications (i.e., online trainings, internal and external inperson trainings, CPR certification, nursing license, first aid and safety, medication administration, and infection control etc.
• Participates in internal training opportunities with community partners.

5. Client Confidentiality

• Ensures client information remains confidential and compliant with Nexus policies involving client privacy, informed consent and confidentiality standards for clients and their families.

Requirements

Required Education and Licensure:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Valid Registered Nurse License.
• 1 + year related nursing experience
• First Aid/CPR/Infection Control certification
• Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements
• Must successfully pass an IL DCFS criminal background check.
• Successfully participate in and complete a three-part Therapeutic Crisis Intervention exam and training
• Must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges.
• Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values.

Preferred Education and Experience

• 1+ year related nursing experience in a residential setting.

ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies

• Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches.
• Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern.
• Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly.
• Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate.
• Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions will be focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.

Expected Hours of Work

Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, with the expectation to work specific schedules and hours as identified and communicated by management. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. On-call rotation may be required as applicable.

When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own!