Inpatient Rehabilitation Registered Nurse

Work Schedule: 3 days per week, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM, rotating weekends.

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse in Inpatient Rehab, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn—whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

You will deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in line with department requirements and state/specialty standards. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for assigned patients.
• Meet the Standards of Practice for the Rehabilitation Unit and manage all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment.
• Participate in activities to plan, measure, assess, and improve the quality of patient care.
• Instruct patients and families regarding the disease process.
• Complete additional admission paperwork specific to the Rehabilitation Unit.
• Participate in weekly patient care conferences, as needed.
• Assume responsibility for charging the unit, as needed.

Requirements

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing (required).
• BSN (preferred).
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (employees with RN Compact License must obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date).
• Current BLS Certification (required).
• 1 year of clinical Rehab experience as a licensed RN (required). Acceptable experience includes: Rehabilitation, Med Surg, Med-Surg, Medical/Surgical, Medical-Surgical, Long-term care, LTACH, LTC, Inpatient, IP.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. 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.

About the Organization

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is a 530+ bed hospital where sophisticated, world-class medicine meets the comfort, care, and convenience of a community hospital. For over 40 years, we have provided high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We employ 2,000+ staff members and 900+ physicians across a wide range of specialties. Our specialists offer more talent and experience than any other hospital in the region.

• Level II Trauma Center and the only exclusive heart hospital south of Houston.
• Nationally recognized care in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of cardiovascular diseases.
• Additional services include Woman Services, Pediatric Care, Breast Diagnostic Center, ACR-accredited Imaging Center, Wound Care Treatment Center featuring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and more.

We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of HCA Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare in the country. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.