RN Rehab

St. Anthony Hospital; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 45,667 - 82,201; Full time

Job summary

St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, seeks an experienced RN for the Inpatient Rehabilitation unit. The 17-bed unit focuses on intensive rehab to maximize independence, with therapy teams and 24/7 rehab nursing care to support medical monitoring.

The role involves collaborating with physicians/NPs/PA-Cs, ensuring care plans meet rehab and medical goals for discharge; candidates must complete a qualification process and provide compassionate, high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing required or Nursing Diploma
• RN License in state of employment
• Physical requirements: medium work, lift up to 50 lbs occasionally, up to 20 lbs frequently, up to 10 lbs constantly

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 therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including IVs, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Maintain patient charts and records with thorough confidentiality.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes timely.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect health and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education and evaluate teaching effectiveness.

Skills

Nursing care

Patient assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Documentation

Teaching/education

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Nursing Diploma

Job description

Inpatient Rehabilitation

The Inpatient Rehabilitation department at St. Anthony Hospital is a 17-bed unit with a dedicated focus on providing intensive rehabilitation services to maximize return to independence and function at home and in the community. The unit offers Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, and Case Management services, as well as consultation services by wound care, nutrition, patient educators, orthotists and integrative healing specialists. Specialized rehabilitation nursing care is provided 24 hours a day to ensure medical monitoring.

Job Summary And Responsibilities

The Inpatient Rehabilitation department at St. Anthony Hospital is a 17-bed unit with a dedicated focus on providing intensive rehabilitation services to maximize return to independence and function at home and in the community. The unit offers Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, and Case Management services, as well as consultation services by wound care, nutrition, patient educators, orthotists and integrative healing specialists. Specialized rehabilitation nursing care is provided 24 hours a day to ensure medical monitoring. Medical team members including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants see patients daily to ensure patients are meeting rehabilitation and medical goals for discharge. All patients that come to this department must go through a qualification process to be accepted into the program. We do not get overflow from other departments. The IRF provides services to adults across the lifespan for both typical and non-typical rehabilitation diagnoses, including but not limited to patients following stroke, traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury and major multiple trauma including multiple injured extremities, traumatic or non-trauma brain dysfunction, neurological impairments such as Parkinson’s Disease or Multiple Sclerosis, and for significant deconditioning following a complicated medical hospitalization. The team has a significant amount of experience in rehab as well as support from therapy partners for patient care and collaboration. A physician is on the unit daily for rounding, medical collaboration, and patient meetings. We are a close-knit group of very compassionate caregivers and are all dedicated to our practice, have a strong interest in rehab medicine and we seek candidates who like seeing success and improvements in their patients. 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.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• RN License in state of employment
• 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
• One (1) year experience

Where You'll Work

Located in Lakewood, Colorado, St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center where we provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Denver and the surrounding region through our state-of-the-art medical campus and home base for Flight For Life® Colorado. With four trauma rooms including the T-10 room, a dedicated field-to-surgery suite ready 24/7 for trauma surgeons and specially trained teams, our staff can provide life-saving care to the most severely ill and injured patients.

In 2023, we received our exciting Magnet® designation! We are so proud of our staff for this achievement, which is awarded to only 10 percent of hospitals around the world. Numerous other awards, certifications, and accreditations have been granted to us from the American Heart Association; Chest Pain Center (CPC); American College of Cardiology; The Joint Commission's National Quality Approval; the Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award; NAPBC Accreditation; American College of Radiology and many others.

At St. Anthony Hospital. we combine a heritage of expert care with the latest in technology and innovation. If you’re looking to be part of a fast-paced environment where you can practice to the top of your profession in trauma, cardiology, stroke, neurosciences, breast imaging, cancer/oncology care, surgery and more, we invite you to apply.

Pay Range

$33.15 - $59.67 /hour