Registered Nurse - Adult Acute Rehab

Job Description

SHIFT: PT Days/Nights & FT Days

LOCATION: Ball Memorial Hospital - Muncie, Indiana

Part-time and Full-time roles are eligible for a $30,000 sign-on bonus (available through 9/30/2026). This position is also referral eligible. Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses to join our team and collaborate with top medical professionals.

At IU Health, you will learn and develop your career in significant ways, advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can develop clinical expertise, explore diverse career opportunities, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today.

Are you an upcoming nurse graduate or recent nurse graduate? Please apply through our pipeline requisition here: . This pipeline requisition allows the IU Health Talent Acquisition team to pair upcoming & recent nurse graduates with the best opportunities available to them based on their unique skillset and interests. Thanks for your interest in joining the team!

The Rehab nurse is responsible for all normal nursing duties: assessment, admissions, discharges, education, administering medications via multiple routes, patient safety, interdisciplinary collaboration, blood draws, placing peripheral IVs, maintaining central and peripheral lines, foley catheters, bowel programs, etc. The most rewarding piece is watching the patients gain higher function and ability to care for themselves. We work as a team of RNs, LPNs, Techs, secretaries, Case managers, therapists, physicians, etc. Our goal is to deliver exceptional care to every patient and care for each other. Not sure if this is for you? Come job shadow with us and see our team in action!

Patient Population/Diagnoses:

• Strokes
  • brain injuries
  • spinal cord injuries
  • lower extremity amputations
  • general debility
  • myopathies

Nursing skills gained:

• Interdisciplinary team collaboration
  • Blood draws, peripheral IV starts
  • Caretool certification for IRF's

Unit Successes/Designations/National recognition:

• Shared governance with UBC and PNC
  • Magnet Designated Hospital
  • Inpatient Acute Rehab Licensed
  • Consistently out-perform other acute rehab facilities in our region

Unit Culture Highlights:

• We love pitch-ins! Anytime we can celebrate with food, we do.
  • Rehab family tree with all of our smiling faces
  • Individualized recognition for accomplishments

Qualifications:

• Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Education: The Registered Nurse (RN) must have graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
  • Exceptions: Candidates who have not graduated from a nationally accredited program may be considered if they possess more than two years of acute care experience. Such exceptions are subject to review and approval by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
• Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
• Other advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Why Join IU Health?

As Indiana's largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, and the number 1 ranked healthcare system in Indiana, we offer:

• Increased pay scale for bedside nurses
• A supportive and collaborative work environment that is patient centered.
• Competitive benefits.
• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match.
• Employer paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness IU Health qualifies under the public service loan forgiveness program.
• Employee Assistance Program Counseling at no cost to you
• Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck. The more you participate, the more you earn.

Our culture of compassion allows for a holistic delivery of care that is individualized based on our patients' and their families' needs. At IU Health, every team member is a caregiver. This care does not stop with our patients, it also extends to one another and our community through service projects, health initiatives and wellness education.