About the role
Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Transitional Care Unit Registered Nurse needed for our 20 bed transitional care unit New Grads Welcome! FT or PT available and every other weekend 7a-3p or combo 7a-3p / 3p-11p Base Pay: $40.00-$44.00 per hour plus applicable diffs $5,000 Sign on Bonus
Primary Responsibilities:
* Supervises and evaluates all direct resident care and initiates corrective action as necessary. * Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants providing direct resident care * Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit. * Ensures that all physician renewal orders and physician documentation is timely and appropriate. * Conducts resident rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action. * Identifies resident problems and emergency situations, and initiates immediate "life saving" measures within the scope of nursing practice and in accordance with advance directives. * Administers and documents medications, enteral nutrition, and treatments per the physician's order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily.
Prerequisites:
* Graduate of an accredited RN school of Nursing. * Current license in Massachusetts as RN. * Knowledge of Geriatric Nursing required. * Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with American Heart Association or American Red Cross standards required. * Experience working in a Skilled Nursing environment a plus
Benefits Offered: * 401k * Paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday * Medical * Dental * Vision * Hospital, Accident and Critical Illness * Short and Long Term Disability * Life and Supplemental Life * Flexible Spending Accounts * Heath Savings Account