Registered Nurse Inpatient Rehab Unit

CommonSpirit Health; Garden City (KS); On-site; USD 64,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $10,000

Relocation assistance up to $8,000

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking an RN for the Inpatient Rehabilitation unit at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. The role focuses on promoting patient health, collaborating with the care team, and applying the nursing process to deliver compassionate, evidence-based care.

The RN will assess needs, implement care plans, document outcomes, and educate patients and families while upholding standards and regulations. A one-year RN experience and an active RN license are required.

Qualifications

• Active and unencumbered RN License in state of employment.
• BLS from the American Heart Association.
• NIHSS certification.
• One year RN experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic/diagnostic interventions (IVs, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, specimen collection).
• Document status, interventions, and outcomes accurately using IT systems.
• Provide patient/family education and advocacy for safety and rights.

Skills

RN license

BLS

NIHSS

Inpatient rehab experience

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma or by endorsement

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

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.

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.

• 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.

We are offering a $10,000 sign on in addition to up to $8,000 relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.

• 90 FTE-FT nights-7pm-7:30am

Required

Job 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
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing

Where You'll Work

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.

Pay Range

$30.58 - $47.71 /hour