Registered Nurse
Your career growth begins when you join an interdisciplinary team, where doctors, nurses, therapists, and other experts work together to form individualized care plans for our patients and residents. Opportunities through our development programs, training seminars, and university partnerships, not only allow for continual career growth but emphasize our commitment to investing in our employees and developing future healthcare leaders.
The goal of our team is to focus on each patient as an individual to ensure that we are meeting their clinical needs and creating a fun and dynamic healing environment. Each employee’s dedication is essential to meet and exceed the needs of each patient, resident, and family we serve. Ranked as one of Fortune magazine’s “Most Admired Healthcare Company” for 8 years, Kindred welcomes you to join our team and build a career that touches lives.
As a Registered Nurse, you will:
- Accurately performs patient assessments and identifies patient needs.
- Identifies and initiates appropriate nursing interventions.
- Provides patient and family teaching throughout the rehabilitation stay and prior to discharge.
- Provides care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient.
- Works cooperatively and actively participates with other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Participates in Continuous Quality and Performance Improvement (CQPI).
- Maintains positive relationships with all customers.
- Promotes rehabilitation nursing philosophy and scope of practice.
- Actively participates in team conferences.
- Performs timely and appropriate documentation relating to medical necessity in the medical record.
- Responsible for the completion and revision of the Interdisciplinary Care Plan for each patient.
- Performs timely and accurate QI assessments.
- Provides a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff and complies with appropriate and approved safety standards.
- Supports the leadership of the hospital in a professional manner and acts as a role model.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing,
- Current PTR licensure as a Registered Nurse.
- Certificate of passing the NCLEX RN exam
- BCLS certification.
- ACLS preferred.
- Minimum of six months of Medical/Surgical experience in an acute care setting is preferred.
- 3 years minimum experience as a Registered Nurse from an accredited hospital.