Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois·Crystal Lake, Illinois
The Registered Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide patient care, administer medications, and develop individualized care plans. They collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and participate in unit performance improvement and peer review processes.
OVERVIEW This position provides hands-on nursing care by assessing patients, administering medications and treatments, developing individualized care plans, and documenting patient progress. The nurse collaborates with physicians and the healthcare team to promote patient safety, educate patients and families, and support continuous improvements in quality of care.
Schedule: Two, 12-hour shifts
SHIFT: Days with rotations
Essential duties and responsibilities
Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws practice act.
Documents according to standards of care.
Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care.
Develops, initiates, and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by Physician and or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.
Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.
Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units’ departments in support of the patient’s longitudinal plan of care.
Utilizes critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.
Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions and peer review process.
Education and experience
Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred.
May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines)
Additional requirements
Passing the Driver’s License Check and or Credit Check (for those positions requiring).
Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and or IL Health Care Workers Background Check.
Must be able to follow written or oral instructions.
Other skills and abilities: May include color blind test (per department guidelines)
Work environment
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Category A - All partners in the specified job classification have occupational exposure.
Partner may access patient care information needed to perform their job duties.
Work contact group: Partners, physicians, patients’ family, visitors, vendors
The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
RN Hospital, RN Home Health and Hospice, RN Oncology: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear.
The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
RN Clinic and Ambulatory RN’s: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or smell.
The employee must regularly lift and or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
$34.45 - $51.68
Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer [https://www.mercyhealthsystem.org/careers/]. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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At Mercyhealth, we don’t simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Candidates must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program with an ADN required and BSN preferred, and hold a valid RN license in the state of practice. Required certifications include CPR/BLS, with other certifications like ACLS, PALS, PEARS, or NRP depending on unit needs.
Market context
In Illinois, nursing roles typically see steady demand across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings, especially for candidates with an active Illinois license and current CPR certification. These positions can be competitive because employers often look for both accredited nursing education and readiness to work in fast-paced care environments. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your license, CPR status, and degree match before applying.
