Description

St. Elizabeth Home, an Illuminus Community, offers long-term care and short-term rehabilitation in a skilled nursing setting. Originally founded in 1967, St. Elizabeth is located just blocks from downtown Janesville in the beautiful Courthouse Hill Historic District between Upper Courthouse Park and Jefferson Park.

Although small enough to make everyone living and working on campus truly feel like a family, St. Elizabeth offers those we care for a wide range of services and support. We are a not-for-profit, community-based organization serving persons of all faiths. No matter your situation or beliefs, our purpose is to provide care that transcends.

We are seeking a Nurse Extern to join our team in a full or part-time capacity. In this role, you will carry out tasks commensurate with your nursing educational passed classes thus far, and for which you have demonstrated competence and delegation aptitude to the nursing supervisor.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Maintains and actively promotes effective communication with all individuals.
• Maintains a positive image of the entity in the community keeping in alignment with our mission, vision, and values.
• Responsible for on-call services, as assigned.
• Assist the mentor nurse in their nursing duties such as administering medications.
• Provide or assist with resident cares as directed by registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.
• Qualify and use licensed practical nursing skills such as immunizations, intravenous therapies, irrigation, catheters, and suture removal.
• Practice critical thinking skills.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a nursing student who is currently enrolled in a nursing program leading to registered nurse designation.
• Successfully completed pharmacology (must provide clinical skills check off from school).
• Demonstration of competency in the required skills for the position. May perform only skills and procedures that have been competency checked by his/her nursing mentors. A signed list of competencies must be submitted for the personnel records.
• Certified Nurse Aide registry certification in good standing.
• Commitment to quality outcomes and services for all individuals.
• Ability to relate well to all individuals.
• Ability to maintain and protect the confidentiality of information.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and make sound decisions.
• Ability to adapt to change.

If you are looking to build a connection with those you serve and enjoy being part of a team of health care professionals committed to helping individuals live long and well, St. Elizabeth Home has the perfect opportunity to fulfill these desires and we'd love to meet you. Apply today or visit our website for more information. 

Illuminus is a faith-based, not-for-profit senior living management company dedicated to serving older adults and families throughout the Midwest with skill and compassion. We own or manage over a dozen communities in Wisconsin and beyond, offering independent senior housing, assisted living and memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation, low-income senior housing, home health and hospice services via Commonheart, management support and consulting.

The people of Illuminus are not just our colleagues, our employees, our residents—they are our parents, our grandparents, our partners, ourselves. We serve others with gratitude, dignity, hope and purpose. We believe that the right care can and will transform us all.