Registered Nurse (RN)-Comprehensive Medical Rehabilitation Unit

We are seeking a full-time Comprehensive Rehab Registered Nurse to join our nursing team at University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute.

The Comprehensive Medical Rehabilitation Unit is a 32-Bed Unit; consisting of semi-private and isolation rooms. Provides acute and chronic rehabilitation services for Young Adult, Adult and Geriatric patients who are recovering from:

1. Medical and surgical conditions such as cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, cancer, amputation, transplants, cerebral vascular accident.
2. Elective orthopedic surgery such as total joint replacement or spinal decompression without neurological impairment.

UNIQUE IS WHAT WE ARE!

Lives are restored here on our campus every day! As the designated acute care rehabilitation and orthopaedic hospital of the University of Maryland Medical System, we are one of the largest, most comprehensive, and best-respected facilities in the nation. Patients and professionals alike appreciate the unique advantages offered here at UM Rehab & Ortho Institute.

As a Registered Nurse at UM Rehab & Ortho, you'll experience:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• A comprehensive benefits package including health, vision and dental coverage including prescription drug coverage - Tax-Free Savings Plans, Tuition Reimbursement and more!
• Work Life Balance: You'll accrue vacation + holiday + sick leave and personal leave days; we offer dependent care reimbursement, short/long term disability and an employee assistant program.
• Educational Assistance: We support your continuing education and career advancement by offering tuition reimbursement & continuing education options.
• FREE Parking

General Summary

This role is considered the minimum role for all nurses who have greater than 12 months experience. Provides and coordinates independent care to patients within a clinical specialty as a fully effective and participative member of the interdisciplinary team.

II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

Clinical Practice:

• Provides independent care to unit specific patient population; serves as clinical resource for others, utilizes and integrates evidence into practice, functions effectively in roles specific to unit (such as charge nurse, etc.).
  • Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
  • Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit, and to the nurse manager for the totality of work performance.
• Serves as an effective primary nurse; collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care addressing patient/family needs.
• Serves as clinical resource for others.

Service/Quality:

• Assists in team development and evaluation of patient care delivery; suggests methods for improvement. Participates in collection of data related to outcomes (e.g. hand offs, medication safety, etc).
• Participates in implementation efforts addressing nursing quality indicators.
• Participates and contributes to Performance Improvement, or Evidence Based Practice, or research at the unit level.
• Complies with standards and participates with unit level activities for TJC/CARF regulatory compliance.

Unit Operations:

• Supports charge nurse decisions; performs charge role for assigned shifts as needed.
• Follows and supports interdisciplinary communication, collaboration, effective decision making, recognition, leadership, and staffing.
• Assists in the development of clinical practice protocols and standards for the unit/hospital.
• Participates in shared governance activities: Nursing Education and Practice Councils. Assists in development of action plans and supports implementation.
• Orients Clinical Nurse I to shared governance structure and councils.

Professional Development:

• Serves as preceptor, coach, mentor to new nurses and students. Contributes to ancillary personnel skills and development, attends educational offerings and in-services independently.
• Contributes to development of unit based peer review processes; actively participates in individual peer review feedback