Registered Nurse Inpatient Rehab Unit

St Catherine Hospital Garden City•Garden City, KS

18h•$31 - $48•Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Rehabilitation department at St. Catherine Hospital is a ten-bed, acute inpatient physical rehabilitation unit. We care for post stroke and extremely debilitated patients and rehabilitate them to be able to go home safely. Our mission is to rehabilitate patients to their best quality of life. We are a desirable team that works collaboratively together, somewhat flexible schedule, and have a good education program within rehab. We look for candidates that are willing to work as a team, can communicate well with staff, patients, and families and are supportive of the rehabilitation. St. Catherine Hospital, located in Garden City, Kansas, was founded by two pioneering physicians and the Dominican Sisters. They created and maintained the spirit that has enabled St. Catherine Hospital employees to develop a thriving health care facility unlike any other in southwest Kansas. Like many of the families and businesses in our community, our roots run deep - 85 years of excellence and counting. Residents of Garden City enjoy life in a relaxed, small-town (population approx. 30,000) with a zoo, several parks, golf courses, modern shopping and more. As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care. Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission. To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.

Requirements

Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
Active and unencumbered RN License in state of employment
BLS from the American Heart Association
NIHSS
One year RN experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Degree in Nursing

Responsibilities

Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.