RN - Nurse - Acute Rehab Unit, PRN

Mercy Hospital Jefferson

Where Nurses Come to Grow!

We understand you have invested time and resources into becoming a great nurse. Likewise, Mercy wants to invest in you as you answer your calling!

We Offer Great Incentives :

• Annual Merit increases based on performance
• 401k with employer match
• Competitive salary
• Future career growth!
• Free parking

About our Rehabilitation Unit :

We are also known as Acute Rehab, ARU or Inpatient Rehab.

Rehabilitation nursing offers a gratifying career for nurses who want to use all of their clinical skills, make a visible difference in their patients’ lives, and work as part of a collaborative healthcare team.

We provide comprehensive collaborative care to all adult and adult geriatric patients with neurological and other medical conditions of resent onset or regression and who have experienced loss of functions in activities of daily living, mobility, cognition, or communication.

Frequent diagnoses : CVA, brain injury, spinal injury, amputation, hip fracture, joint replacement, and other neurological syndromes.

We’re a Little Different

Mercy Hospital Jefferson is a 251-bed acute care facility located in Festus, Mo., providing 24-hour emergency room care and a full range of diagnostic, preventive and restorative health care services.

Our mission is clear. We bring to life a healing ministry through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

At Mercy, we believe in careers that match the unique gifts of unique individuals careers that not only make the most of your skills and talents, but also your heart.

Join us and discover why Modern Healthcare Magazine named us in its Top 100 Places to Work.

Overview :

Assists in planning, coordination, implementation and evaluation of the operations and patient care of designated areas.

Serves as clinical resource for staff and patients in the department. Functions as a staff nurse in the department as needed.

Assumes administrative duties as delegated by manager. Performs duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission, values, and Mercy Service Standards.

PRN Requirements :

Note : if you already hold a part-time or full-time role with Mercy the requirement may not be the same, lets discuss

• Must work 36 hours in a 6-week period
• 1 / 3 shifts have to be a weekend shift
• Holiday Requirement : 1 winter and 1 summer holiday

Qualifications :

Education : Graduate of an accredited registered professional nursing program

Licensure : Is personally responsible for obtaining, and maintaining, a current RN license within the hiring state and / or compact licensure in which nursing duties are performed and must meet all state board of nursing requirements.

Physical requirements / demands : Position requires individuals to push, pull, and / or lift 50 pounds on a regular basis.

Position requires prolonged standing and walking each shift. Position requires the ability to grip, reach, bend, kneel, twist, and squat to perform duties

Certifications :

Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association or succe