Registered Nurse-Physical Rehab

San Diego, United States | Posted on 08/17/2026

Job Summary: The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing direct nursing care to the patients.

Term: Fulltimepositions 36 or 40 hrs per week depending on 8 or 12 hr shifts

12 month contract, renewable indefinitely if mutually agreed upon by RN and facility

Location: Positions available in San Diego California

Start Date: ASAP pending state licensing & paperwork.

We can assist you with all USA licensing,paperwork and immigration requirements.

Requirements: NCLEX passed, Current CGFNS Visa Screen ( www.cgfns.org ), Current Canadian or American Passport

Essential Job Functions:

Nursing Care Functions

• Inform nursing personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room, assignment, etc.
• Ensure that rooms are ready fornew admissions.
• Make rounds with physicians as appropriate.
• Requisition and arrange to diagnostic and therapeutic services, as ordered by the physician, and in accordance with established procedures.
• Consult with the resident’sphysician in providing the resident’s care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as appropriate.
• Carry out restorative andrehabilitive programs, to include self-help and care.
• Administer services within the applicable scope of nursing practice, which may include: catheterization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy,and drainage bags, taking blood, range of motion exercises, care for thedead/dying, etc., as appropriate and in accordance with applicable standards.
• Use restraints when appropriate and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Obtain sputum, urine and other specimens for lab tests as ordered.
• Take and record TPRs, blood pressures, etc., as appropriate.
• Check foods brought into the facility by the resident’s family/visitors to ensure that it is within the resident’s dietary allowances.
  
  Report problem areas to the Nurse Supervisor and Dietary Supervisor.
• Meet with residents, and/orfamily members as appropriate.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as appropriate.
• Assist in arranging transportation for discharged residents as appropriate.

Drug Administration Functions

• Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
• Verify the identity of the resident before administering the medication/treatment.
• Ensure that prescribed medication for one resident is not administered to another.
• Ensure that an adequate supplyof floor stock medications, supplies, and equipment is on hand to meet the nursing needs of the residents.
• Review medication cards for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of the physician’sorder, and adherence to stop order policies.
• Notify the attending physician of automatic stop orders prior to the last dosage being administered.
• Dispose of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance with established procedures.

Charting and Documentation

• Receive and record telephone orders, and document the prescribed treatments on the resident charts, cardex,medication cards, and/or treatment/care plans as appropriate.
• Chart nurses’ notes in professional and appropriate manner that timely, accurately and thoroughly reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the resident’s response to the care.
• Chart all reports of accidents/incidents involving residents..
• Chart all changes in resident condition and the response to those changes.
• Chart all communications withthe resident’s attending physician regarding the resident, the resident’streatment, or the response to that treatment.
• Record new/changed diet ordersand communicate information to the Dietary Department.
• Fill out and complete transfer forms in accordance with established procedures.
• Ensure that appropriate documentation concerning…