Acute Rehab Unit Registered Nurse; Part Time, Night Shift

Acute Rehab Unit Registered Nurse (Night Shift) provides direct nursing care to patients with temporary, progressive or permanent physical disabilities, trauma and chronic illness. Working together with a multidisciplinary team, the Rehab nurse through careful assessment creates and implements a plan of care and interventions to assist patients in adapting to an altered lifestyle, and to attain and maintain maximum function while providing a therapeutic environment for both the patients and their families.

Schedule:

2, 12‑hour shifts, 5 pm–5:30 am.

• Provide direct nursing care to patients with temporary, progressive or permanent physical disabilities, trauma and chronic illness.
• Create and implement a written plan of care that addresses the specific needs and goals of each patient, make referrals to other professional services as required, modify the plan based on reassessment, and delegate tasks to team members within their scope of practice.
• Observe, document, address, and implement planned interventions, communicating the plan to all members of the team through accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record and, when needed, through verbal reports.
• Perform selective procedures including IV starts and restarts, blood administration, phlebotomy, answering call lights, and serve as testing personnel under CLIA
  1988 regulations as they relate to point‑of‑care testing.
• Administer medications accurately and promptly according to physician orders and organizational policy and procedure, maintaining knowledge of medication actions and side effects, recognizing allergic reactions, and documenting patient responses.
• Successfully transition patients, communicating the most current plan of care through walking rounds and providing accurate, timely reports to incoming staff.
• Advise physicians, other disciplines, and family or significant others of changes in patient condition or abnormal findings. Communicate clearly and concisely.
• Provide clear, specific educational and discharge information to each patient and/or patient family member.
• May precept new employees and oversee other members of the care team.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Required:
  
  Associate’s degree or better in Nursing.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s degree or better in Nursing.

• Minimum:
  None.
• Preferred:
  One year as a Licensed Nurse in a hospital setting.

• Registered Nurse license in the state of Indiana by date of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire (American Heart Association).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) (American Heart Association).
• Preferred:
  Certification in Rehabilitation Nursing (CRRN) or Quality Improvement Credential.

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