ARU Nightshift RN

Everyone who works with Mercy Health is united under one purpose: to help our patients be well in mind, body and spirit. This drive, along with our history of faith, is a powerful combination. It gives us a shared calling to work toward every day. Join our exceptional team and help us continue to provide the highest quality of health care possible to our communities.

The RN Inpatient Rehabilitation functions as a care provider of a multidisciplinary care team responsible for the delivery of patient care through using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN possesses the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness. The RN possesses the basic knowledge of a patient's age and cultural diversity into the provision of patient care, demonstrates strong skills related to effective time management and prioritizing patient care, contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement initiatives, collaborates with other professional disciplines, and supports the mission of the ministry to provide physical and psychological support to patients and families.

• Collaborates with members of interdisciplinary teams to establish goals and strategies for meeting the discharge or continuing care needs with the patient.
• Performs and documents complete patient assessments.
• Initiates and maintains current nursing care plans for all assigned patients.
• Identifies patient learning needs to provide individualized and comprehensive teaching.
• Reinforces the teaching done by other members of the rehabilitation team and other healthcare disciplines and provides resource materials for patients and families.
• Fosters independence in patients and families for self-care skills, self-management, decision making, and goal development.
• Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures.
• Serves as a point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout the hospital departments.
• Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department.
• Serves as a patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.
• BSMH nurses are expected to practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the BSMH Nursing Professional Practice Model.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. Pharmacy Technicians may practice at the top of their respective State Licensing Board Regulations.

• Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)
• BLS Basic Life Support
  - American Heart Association (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care)
• Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) (preferred)
• Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification RN-BC (preferred)
• Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) (preferred)
• Certified Neurological Registered Nurse (CNRN) (preferred)
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)
• Gerontological Nursing - ANCC (preferred)

• Bachelors of Science Nursing (preferred)

• 1 year of clinical patient care experience (e.g. Patient Care Tech (PCT), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Certified Nurses Aide (CNA)) in an acute care setting, long-term care facility, or physician practice (preferred)
• 1 year of experience in an acute rehabilitation facility (preferred)

• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) (preferred)
• Lippincot (preferred)

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• Pediatrics (1-12 years) (Lourdes)
• Adolescents (13-17 years) (Lourdes, Cincinnati)
• Adults (18-64 years)
• Geriatrics (65 years and older)

• Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur
• May be exposed to physical altercations and verbal abuse
• May be required to use physical restraints
• May be exposed to high noise levels and bright lights
• May be exposed to limited hazardous substances or body fluids*
• May be exposed to human blood and other potentially infectious materials*
• May have periods of constant interruptions
• Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.

• Lifting/Carrying (0-50 lbs.) 34-66%
• Lifting/Carrying (50-100 lbs.) 1-33%
• Push/Pull (0-50 lbs.) 34-66%
• Push/Pull (50-100 lbs.) 1-33%
• Stoop/Kneel 1-33%
• Crawling 1-33%
• Climbing 1-33%
• Balance 1-33%
• Bending 34-66%
• Sitting 1-33%
• Walking 67-100%
• Standing 67-100%

• Manual dexterity (eye/hand…