RN - Rehab (Full Time), St. Vincent

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The RN is fully responsible for actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. This position is on the 2 R Rehab Unit at St. Vincent Hospital, a 21-bed rehabilitation unit serving patients receiving physical, occupational, and speech therapy, including patients recovering from strokes or orthopedic conditions and those experiencing deconditioning. The RN provides professional leadership, coordinates and delegates work according to patient needs and staff competencies, contributes to interdisciplinary care and quality initiatives, and delivers individualized, culturally and age-appropriate care. The nurse supports patient and family satisfaction through compassionate communication, attention to concerns, and effective management of assigned responsibilities. The role also includes ongoing professional learning, peer feedback, and adherence to hospital policies and applicable ethical, legal, privacy, and information-security requirements.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Nice To Haves

Certification in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Assess patient and family needs and use the nursing process to plan, implement, and evaluate individualized plans of care.
Provide leadership in a professional practice setting, support team development through role modeling and mentoring, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and the skill level of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider the safety of the environment, patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes when assigning or delegating work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback about clinical practice and role performance, and participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care or health services.
Promote patient-safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate LPNs within their scope of practice, as appropriate.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes in collaboration with the patient, family, and other health care providers.
Analyze patient and family health status, recognize and report changes in condition, notify the physician or supervisor, intervene appropriately, and document accordingly.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individualized competency.
Pursue continuing learning and professional development, use current research and evidence to maintain clinical skills, and participate in professional organizations and peer review.
Evaluate patient and family satisfaction, participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives, communicate compassionately, and assess and attempt to resolve patient or family concerns.
Use effective time management to complete assigned duties within the established work shift and meet hospital time-and-attendance guidelines.