RN - Acute Inpatient Rehab; Rotational Jefferson

Company

Allegheny Health Network

3 East-Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation – a 24‑bed acute inpatient rehab unit that specializes in helping patients transition home. Common diagnoses include strokes, brain injuries, transplant patients, spinal surgery, open‑heart surgical patients, and other conditions resulting in debility. The 3 East team works with physical, occupational, and speech therapists. Jefferson Hospital has Magnet recognition for nursing excellence, private patient rooms, and a generous benefit package for both full‑time and part‑time employees.

Allegheny Health Network, part of Highmark Health, is committed to inclusive growth and educational opportunities for its staff.

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses, and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The RN is fully accountable for the quality of care delivered.

• The registered nurse provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
• Team player who contributes to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs of the patient and skill level of the RN, LPN or support staff. Implements charge role duties and lunches for staff.
• Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of the intervention, and predictability of the outcome.
• Provides peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues.
• Accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture in which risk‑taking is safe and expected.
• Participates on interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives, such as National Patient Safety Goals.
• Participates in department‑specific quality initiatives (e.g., evidence‑based population specific). Assures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises, delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate and implement a patient plan of care according to the individual needs of the patient as prescribed by physician, nurse and hospital policy, including patient and family.
• Derives culturally and age‑appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family and other health care providers.
• Analyzes health status of individuals and families, comparing data with the norm when possible, to determine patient care needs.
• Assesses patient reports/records for changes of condition, notifies physician and/or supervisor, intervenes appropriately, and documents accordingly.
• Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit, performing duties within individualized competency.
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous lifelong learning for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
• Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, and professional colleagues. Identifies areas of strength and areas needing development.
• Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
• Continuously evaluates and assesses patient and family satisfaction.
• Participates in department‑specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
• Promotes compassionate communication that is patient and family centered.
• Assesses for and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
• Utilizes effective time‑management skills to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within the established work shift.

Minimum

• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Current State of PA RN licensure or current multi‑state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
• CPR certification

Preferred

• Certification in area of specialty

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.