Registered Nurse - Specialty Hospital + Sign-on Bonus!

Job Description

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The Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital has been helping patients recover from complex medical conditions and injuries since 2000. The first long-term acute-care hospital (LTACH) in the region, we help patients who are too medically fragile to transfer to a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation hospital or their home after a hospital stay. In addition to general rehabilitation, our team is renowned for their expertise in ventilator weaning and respiratory care.

Job summary

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

Essential functions

Uses nursing process as a framework to deliver care :

• By assessing patient condition on admission and at regular intervals during assigned shift
• coordinating, prioritizing and integrating patient information from all aspects of clinical care
• delegating basic patient care needs to assistive personnel
• setting goals to organize assignment
• collaborating with patients and their families on the patient’s desired goals
• acting on physician’s orders in a timely manner
• developing independent nursing interventions appropriate to the patient’s response to care
• documenting interventions and their resultant responses and auditing aggregate performance in order to improve systems that support patient care.

Establishes a compassionate environment

Promotes patient's independence

Assures quality of care

Maintains safe and clean working environment

Respects patients and the organization

Ensures operation of equipment

Maintains professional and technical knowledge

Demonstrates financial accountability

Contributes to organizational team effort

Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams

Promotes the development of good shepherd as a system

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education

Work Experience

Licenses / Certifications

GOOD SHEPHERD'S UNIVERSAL FLU PROGRAM

As a health-care provider, we have a professional and ethical obligation to protect our patients and residents from developing further complications.

GOOD SHEPHERD'S UNIVERSAL FLU PROGRAM

To protect our patients and residents, Good Shepherd requires influenza (flu) vaccinations for all Associates, licensed independent practitioners, contracted, agency and temporary employees, students and volunteers.

Good Shepherd is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.