Full-Time
Registered Nurse
Long Term Care
SSM Health
11-50 employees
Operates hospitals, clinics, and health plans
No salary listed
St Francis, WI, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
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- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.
- No experience is required.
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider certification from the American Heart Association is required.
- A Registered Nurse license appropriate to the state of work location is required; Wisconsin locations accept an RN license issued by a compact state or the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.
- Constant standing and walking are required.
- Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of objects weighing 0–25 pounds are required.
- Frequent sitting, reaching, keyboard use, and data entry are required.
- Frequent use of vision, depth perception, smell, and hearing is required.
- Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of objects weighing 25–50 pounds are required.
- Occasional lifting or moving of patients is required.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, and repetitive foot, leg, hand, and arm movements are required.
- Occasional driving is required.
- Rare crawling and running are required.
- Provide skilled nursing care to residents according to established care plans and federal and state regulations.
- Provide quality care to acute, subacute, and chronically ill residents.
- Administer medications and treatments according to standards of care and maintain competency in required nursing skills.
- Provide direction to certified nursing assistants and monitor unit workflow to coordinate care.
- Use the nursing process for assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
- Report significant changes in residents’ conditions to physicians as indicated.
- Maintain accurate medication inventory at the beginning and end of each shift.
- Distribute medications accurately according to the five rights and monitor for medication side effects.
- Provide medications consistently with manufacturers’ guidelines.
- Give guidance and direction to auxiliary staff.
- Participate in report meetings at the beginning and end of each shift.
- Communicate with residents, guardians, and family members about residents’ current conditions and needs in accordance with regulations and standards of practice.
- Provide teaching and training to residents and families as needed.
- Ensure preventive measures are in place, including specialty mattresses, foam boots, skin checks, turning and repositioning schedules, toileting schedules, and wheelchair cushions.
- Follow up on reports of rashes, open areas, edema, blisters, skin tears, or bleeding.
- Respond promptly to alarms.
- Ensure restraint alternatives are in place or activated, including personal alarms, cushion alarms, wheelchair belts, tumble mats, alarm mats, bolstered beds, and hip protectors.
- Provide and ensure quality end-of-life care.
- Use the comfort basket to meet resident and family needs.
- Ensure hygiene, comfort, and spiritual needs are met.
- Treat pain and restlessness.
- Offer family courtesy meal trays and other amenities.
- Comply with post-mortem care procedures.
- Participate in departure ceremonies.
- Work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
- Perform point-of-care testing according to policies and procedures when needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
SSM Health is a Catholic, not‑for‑profit integrated health system serving the Midwest. It runs 23 hospitals, 490+ physician offices and outpatient centers, plus virtual and post‑acute care, as well as a health plan, a pharmacy benefit manager, and an accountable care organization. It coordinates care across the full continuum—from physician clinics to hospital care—while serving the uninsured and Medicaid populations and pursuing clinical research in oncology, pediatrics, and cardiovascular health. Its goal is to improve population health through coordinated, accessible care and expanded behavioral health access within a diversified, faith‑based nonprofit framework.
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 2025 operating income reached $148.5 million after 2024's $70 million loss.
- Q1 2026 operating income rose to $7.1 million on $3.3 billion revenue.
- July 2025 Verona outpatient center opens September 2026, expanding Wisconsin outpatient access.
What critics are saying
- June 2026 DOJ settlement hit SLU Hospital pharmacy for waived copays and whistleblower claims.
- SSM's Q1 2026 operating margin stayed only 0.2%, leaving no shock absorber.
- St. Louis University Hospital drives roughly 80% of nurse contract labor, concentrating staffing risk.
What makes SSM Health unique
- Catholic mission and Midwest footprint unify 23 hospitals across four states.
- SSM Health runs hospitals, insurance, PBM, and an ACO under one system.
- Saint Louis University partnership strengthens oncology, pediatrics, and cardiovascular research.
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