Registered Nurse (RN), Stroke Unit

*Job Requirements *

Day Shift 7a-7p (3 twelve hour shifts)

Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Nursing: Why Join Our Team

About the Program The University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute (UMROI) offers a state-of-the-art Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program. Our multidisciplinary team is dedicated to helping stroke survivors regain independence and improve their quality of life. We provide individualized care plans, advanced therapies, and a supportive environment to maximize recovery.

Why Work for UMROI?

• Nationally Recognized Care: UMROI is a leader in rehabilitation medicine, known for its innovative treatments and patient-centered approach.
• Collaborative Team Environment: Work alongside experienced physicians, nurses, therapists, and support staff who are passionate about making a difference.
• Professional Growth: Access ongoing education, training, and opportunities for advancement within a respected healthcare system.
• Supportive Culture: Enjoy a workplace that values teamwork, compassion, and employee well-being.
• Impactful Work: Help patients and families navigate the challenges of stroke recovery and witness the positive outcomes of your care.

Join Us If you are committed to excellence in patient care and want to be part of a dynamic, supportive team, consider a career at UMROI. Your expertise and compassion can help transform lives.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

Clinical Practice:

• Provides independent care of unit specific patient population; serves as Clinical Resource for others, utilizes and integrates evidence into practice, functions effectively in roles specific to unit.
• Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
• Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit, and to the nurse manager for the totality of work performance.
• Serves as a clinical expert and professional resource for the unit nurses. Utilizes clinical expertise to teach nurses informally on the unit in a structured role or through formal teaching in classes.
• Advances clinical practice on the unit, consistently integrates evidence into practice and uses this as a firm foundation for unit practice.

Service/Quality:

• Leads efforts to address Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NSQI) improvement opportunities and Key Performance Quality Indicators; develops/implements and evaluates action plans.
• Leads performance improvement initiatives by designing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating results.
• Monitors patient and unit safety standards; actively contributes to development and implementation of improvement plans.
• Coaches CNI and collaborate effectively with CNIIs on PI and/or evidence-based practice.
• Complies with, participates and leads regulatory activities in the unit/division or organization.
• Leads in the development of Performance Improvement, or Evidence Based Practice, or research at the unit level. Meets at least one form of advancing practice in the continuum of research: PI, EBP, or research. Leads at least one primary project that uses a model as the project's framework. The selected model must be identified within the portfolio.

Unit Operations:

• Performs charge role as scheduled; coaches new charge nurses.
• Oversees unit orientation program Plans clinical experiences for orientation.
• Serves as a unit steward such as liaison for lab, nutrition, pharmacy, etc.
• Mentors and coaches other nurses to advance their development and to maintain competencies required for the patient population served.
• Role models and holds peers accountable for Health Work Environment guidelines (communication, collaboration, effective decision making, recognition, leadership, staffing)
• Orients nurses to unit level governance structure and councils

Professional Development:

• Serves as an expert preceptor, coach and mentor to new nurses, students and preceptors
• Leads unit processes for development of ancillary personnel's skills and development; leads unit based peer review processes.
• Actively engaged in advancing own practice; role model for others.

Patient Safety:

Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.

• Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety.
• Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
• Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

*Work Experience *

*Education & Experience *

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing, is required.
• Associate's degree required; BSN preferred.
• One year nursing experience. Solid knowledge and clinical skills.
• Current CPR certification required.
• Up-to-date status on all mandatory training and classes.
• Maintenance of 10 contact hours of education every two years.
• Member of a professional organization.
• Recent applicable clinical experience in a comparable setting.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Responsible for maintaining competencies required for the patient care setting; focus on advancing own professional development
• Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities through effectiveness as charge nurse, preceptor, or clinical resource.
• Demonstrates effectiveness as an interdisciplinary team member.
• Ability to learn and use computer systems in order to manage patient information.
• Ability to participate in team-building efforts on units; supports and models teamwork
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population(s) served. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs.