RN – Inpatient Rehab

Job description

Job Type: Full-time

Stroke response times nearly half of the national average. Cutting‑edge SPOT Technology that detects sepsis earlier than the human eye. An Enhanced Surgical Recovery program that reduces opioid prescriptions and post‑surgical readmissions. As a national learning health system, we’re transforming care delivery, advancing clinical outcomes, and empowering our nursing teams to give people a healthier tomorrow.

33 bed Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit

Schedule:

Full‑Time Nights 7P-7A

Perform direct patient care within the scope of the Registered Nurse Practice Act, with emphasis on nursing process/outcomes for the Inpatient Rehab Unit.

• Determine predictable or unpredictable health status and health needs of patients and families through interpretation of health data and preventive practice in collaboration with patients and interdisciplinary health care team members.
• Utilize a systematic approach to provide individualized, goal‑directed nursing care.
• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments regarding the health status of the patient.
• Formulate a nursing care plan based on determination of nursing diagnoses and identified problems.
• Implement nursing care within the RN’s scope of practice, including compliance with other laws that apply to the practice setting.
• Develop and implement teaching plans for patients concerning promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.
• Provide education, emotional support, and age‑specific care to foster a partnership with the patient and significant others.
• Provide for the care of multiple patients (individual and family) either through direct care or assignment and/or delegation of care to other members of the health care team.
• Evaluate the patient’s responses and outcomes to therapeutic interventions.
• Use critical thinking approach to analyze clinical data and current literature as a basis for decision making in nursing practice.
• Make assignments to licensed RN staff and delegate to unlicensed staff in compliance with current BNE rules in a structured health setting for patients with predictable as well as unpredictable health needs.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Professional Nursing.
• Associate’s Degree of Professional Nursing.
• BSN required within 24 months of hire into RN position.
• Minimum of one‑year experience in acute care hospital within the last three years.
• Experience in Post‑Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation is preferred.
• Experience utilizing the Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF‑Pai) preferred.
• Current license in the State of Texas or Compact license is accepted.
• Current BLS provider required – AHA or ARC.
• Advanced Certification in Inpatient Rehab Nursing, CRRN is preferred.

Medical City Dallas offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are interviewing candidates for our RN – Inpatient Rehab opening.