Licensed Practical Nurse - Surgery & Rehab Hospital - Part time

Acute Inpatient Rehab Unit

Part time/24 hours per pay period

1915 - 0645

Weekend/Holiday Rotation

Rehabilitation Nursing: Making A Difference in Every Life We Touch....

By the time a patient arrives in the care of a rehabilitation nurse, their life has already been saved. It's now up to the rehab nurse to restore that life to freedom and independence once again. Rehab nurses are poised to provide this restorative care through our expert knowledge and understanding of the holistic, individualized, and complex needs of each patient.

Rehabilitation nursing offers a gratifying career for nurses who want to use all their clinical skills, make a visible difference in their patient's and caregiver's lives, and work as part of a collaborative healthcare team. As a collaborator, educator, care coordinator, advocate, and change agent, rehabilitation nurses work as an integral part of the Interdisciplinary Team that includes physiatrists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and psychologists to develop comprehensive care plans based on patient diagnosis, goals, and maximum potential.

Conditions We treat as Rehab Nurses at WSRH:

• ALS
• Amputees
• Brain Injury, Traumatic & Non-Traumatic
• Complex Wound Care Needs
• Cardiovascular
• Cerebral Palsy
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Parkinson's Disease
• Major Joint Replacements
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Organ Transplant
• Pulmonary Disease
• Renal Disease, including Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis patients
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Stroke

Rehab nurses are poised to provide restorative care through expert knowledge and understanding of the holistic, individualized, and complex needs of each patient.

General Summary

Provides nursing care to patients at an advanced level of practice. Takes patient vital signs, assists with procedures/examinations, administers medications, assists patient with activities of daily living (bathing, feeding, etc.) and instructs patients and their families in appropriate care.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Under appropriate supervision, administers and controls narcotics and medications.
• Provides general nursing care and personal care assistance to patients, including bathing, dressing, eating, changing bed linens and bed pans and positioning.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with hospital standards.
• Helps patients get into and out of chairs, lifts patients, raises patients in beds, and turns the patients.
• Checks patient's vital signs.
• Charts results of various tests.
• Monitors medical condition of patients and reports changes to appropriate personnel.
• Prepares patients for scheduled procedures to assist in patient assessment.
• Assists physicians with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care.
• Arranges for patients' ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services.
• Provides health care instruction/education to patient and family members.
• Ensures accurate maintenance of patients' medical records and that patient records are treated as confidential information.
• Performs a variety of nursing administrative duties.
• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and proper functioning of equipment.

Common Expectations:

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
• Prepares and maintains records of patient charges.

Required for All Jobs:

• Performs other related duties as identified.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpan's values and standards for professionalism, integrity, and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Physical Demands:

• Standing - Frequently
• Walking - Frequently
• Sitting - Occasionally
• Carrying/Lifting - Occasionally (50lbs)
• Pushing/Pulling - Occasionally (50lbs)
• Kneeling/Crouching - Occasionally
• Reaching - Occasionally
• Talking - Frequently
• Hearing - Frequently
• Repetitive Motions - Occasionally
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Occasionally

Working Environment:

• Occupational Hazards - Occasionally
• Bloodborne Pathogen - Exposure

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• Certificate Program Post High School Vocational/Specialized Training Required

Work Experience:

• 1 year Relevant experience. Required

Licenses:

• Licensed Practical Nurse Upon Hire Required or
• Licensed Practical Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required and
• Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required

Courses and Training:

• Completion of accredited LPN program. Upon Hire Required and
• Rhythm recognition course per unit of assignment. Upon Hire Required and
• ACLS/PALS certification, as required. Upon Hire Required