Registered Nurse - Rehab Hospital Center Valley

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network has opened a state-of-the-art, 76-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that will revolutionize treatment and recovery options for people with complex medical conditions, such as stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, and other serious injuries or illnesses. The four-story, 123,000-square-foot facility on Center Valley Parkway features all private rooms and offers world-class physical rehabilitation care. One of the most novel spaces is Empower+, a first-of-its-kind environment where patients with disabilities and mobility challenges can explore advancements like 3D printing, robotics, wearables, artificial intelligence, and smart home devices designed to promote healing and independence.

About the role

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; delegating and evaluating care assigned to LPNs and CNAs to meet patient care needs.

Responsibilities

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and others in a position to understand care requirements.
• Uses the nursing process as a framework to deliver care by:
  • Establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the patient, including a teaching plan, within 24 hours of admission.
  • Establishing or contributing to prioritization of goals appropriate to the patient’s age and ability to learn, estimated length of stay, medical diagnoses, and discharge plan.
  • Identifying nursing care needs, writing nursing interventions, and identifying educational objectives appropriate to care standards.
  • Reassessing and documenting the effectiveness of nursing actions and the patient’s progress toward goals as the patient’s condition changes.
  • Communicating the plan and patient progress to the interdisciplinary team.
  • Delegating the plan of care to other licensed and unlicensed associates within their scope of practice.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient independence by:
  • Establishing patient care goals.
  • Educating patients, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills.
  • Answering questions by applying rehabilitation principles to patients served.
  • Demonstrating competence in providing age-specific care to pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Assures quality of care by:
  • Adhering to therapeutic standards.
  • Measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards.
  • Making or recommending necessary adjustments following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by the state board of nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, and other governing agency regulations.
  • Participating in performance improvement activities.
  • Directing and assessing care provided to assigned patients by LPNs, Nursing Assistants, agency personnel, students, and other associates.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies and established communication methods to ensure resolution.
• Documents patient care services by recording delivery of services, changes in the patient’s condition, and the patient’s response to nursing interventions in the medical record according to policies and procedures.
• Maintains patient confidence and organizational confidentiality by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by:
  • Complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
  • Maintaining a clean and safe unit environment, keeping patient rooms, supply rooms, and hallways free from clutter.
  • Adhering to infection control policies and procedures, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
  • Maintaining compliance with professional, regulatory, and governmental standards of care.
  • Demonstrating knowledge of responsibilities in emergency situations (e.g., code blue, Dr. Wintergreen).
• Ensures operation of equipment by following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, entering work orders for repairs, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Demonstrates financial accountability by:
  • Checking stock to determine inventory level and anticipating needed supplies.
  • Using equipment/supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
  • Minimizing overtime through work prioritization and delegation.
  • Recognizing and complying with the RN’s role in reimbursement for patient care services.
  • Identifying and providing input to Nurse Managers on work methods that reduce cost and/or time required to deliver patient care.
  • Maintaining awareness of unit budget.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by:
  • Identifying personal educational needs and opportunities.
  • Attending educational workshops and completing mandatory educational requirements.
  • Reviewing professional publications and establishing personal networks.
  • Participating in professional organizations and sharing new knowledge with teams.
  • Attending unit meetings, reading unit memos, and participating in committees, projects, and performance improvement activities.
  • Maintaining responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing education programs.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by:
  • Communicating information and responding to requests.
  • Building rapport and participating in team problem-solving methods.
  • Communicating patient care or team issues to the nurse manager or supervisor.
  • Holding each team member accountable for patient and team outcomes.
  • Participating in team meetings and offering suggestions for improvement.
  • Utilizing the chain of command to present issues or concerns.
  • Demonstrating positive conflict resolution skills with all associates.
  • Treating all associates with dignity and respect.
• Contributes to organizational team effort by:
  • Arriving on duty as scheduled, maintaining attendance, and adhering to timekeeping policies.
  • Demonstrating flexibility in response to change by assisting team members with patient care needs and unit activities.
  • Participating in orienting new employees and meeting dress code requirements.
  • Attending meetings as requested by organizational leaders.
  • Positively representing the profession and organization at work and away from work.
  • Promoting and participating in organizational goals.
  • Mentoring channels of communication among nursing shifts, disciplines, departments, and external customers.
  • Utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies to assure resolution of patient problems and needs.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required; Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Registered Nurse license required.
• Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required.
• Prior med-surg or rehabilitation experience preferred.
• Certification in Rehabilitation Nursing preferred (must be acquired within 3 years of employment).