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IL-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Worker Type
Regular
Job Highlights
Department: BH Intake
Sign on bonus up to $10,000!
Schedule
- 7:00
- PM to 7:00 AM on variable shifts. Every third weekend required.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with psychiatric patients.
Benefits
Competitive, affordable health insurance including but not limited to:
- Getting paid every day!
- Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year
- Paid maternity & paternity coverage
- Adoption assistance
- Various competitive health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer matching plans
- Long & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Pay Range
$32.77 - $52.43
Pay Rate Type
Hourly
SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects, in good faith, to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.
Job Summary
Coordinates patient intake activities and resources.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements
- Primary responsibilities
- Evaluates severity of illness for all elective, direct and urgent admissions to determine appropriate level of patient care.
- Reviews physician orders for clinical appropriateness/completeness and proper admission status.
- Coordinates education and development of internal staff and external departments to ensure understanding of intake review and approval process.
- Conducts complex clinical review for inpatient, outpatient, and ancillary services requests for medical necessity.
- Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service.
- As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Education
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
- Experience
- No experience required
- Physical requirements
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location
- Illinois
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- And
- Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Work Shift: Night Shift (United States of America)
Job Type
Employee
Department: 8051000130 BHM Admin
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36
Benefits
- SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.
- Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
- Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
- Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
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