Registered Nurse - Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital TCU

Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Transitional Care Unit
Registered Nurse needed for our 20 bed transitional care unit
Part Time, 24 hours/week (flex schedule 7-3/3-11)
$2500 sign-on bonus 
Base Pay:  $40.00-$45.00 per hour
Differentials for 3-11 shift: $4-$7

We are looking for a Registered Nurse to join our dynamic team on our transitional care unit.  This position would require a 24 hr/week flexible schedule that would be a combination of 7a-3p and 3p-11p shifts.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supervises and evaluates all direct resident care and initiates corrective action as necessary.
• Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants and Licensed Practical Nurses providing direct resident care.
• Follows staffing guidelines and makes nursing assignments according to qualifications of staff and characteristics of the resident population.
• Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit.
• Ensures that all physician renewal orders and physician documentation is timely and appropriate.
• Conducts resident rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action.
• Identifies resident problems and emergency situations, and initiates immediate "life saving" measures within the scope of nursing practice and in accordance with advance directives.
• Administers and documents medications, enteral nutrition, and treatments per the physician's order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily.

Prerequisites:

• Graduate of an accredited RN school of Nursing.
• Current license in Massachusetts as RN.
• Knowledge of Geriatric Nursing required.
• Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with American Heart Association or American Red Cross standards required.
• Knowledge of growth and development across the life span

• 401k
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Hospital, Accident and Critical Illness 
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life and Supplemental Life
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Heath Savings Account