Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse – Inpatient Rehab Unit (IRU)

Expand your nursing skills in a supportive, team-based environment by joining the Inpatient Rehab Unit at Mercy Cedar Rapids.

This rehab unit serves adult patients age 18 and older. The focus is to provide comprehensive rehabilitation care for patients who have experienced a loss of function in mobility, actives of daily living, cognition, or communication due to illness, injury, or surgery. Many patients are being treated for stroke, neurological conditions traumatic injuries, orthopedic conditions, and other complex medical events. Patients require 24-hour nursing care but are medically stable enough to participate in rehabilitation therapies.

It's a close-knit team that is driven by people who bring integrity, compassion, accountability, respect and excellence to every interaction – the values that drive The Mercy Touch®.

Schedule That Fits Your Life

• Variety of schedule options available
• Full-Time Benefits and Paid Leave Accrual

What You'll Do

• Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care using evidence-based practices
• Monitor and support patients with complex medical needs
• Communicate clearly with patients, families, and the care team at hand-offs
• Educate patients and families to support recovery and safe discharge
• Document care accurately in real time
• Respond effectively to emergencies and changing conditions
• Lead and delegate tasks to nursing assistants and support staff
• Create a respectful, compassionate environment for patients and team members

Why Mercy and the Inpatient Rehab Unit?

• Nurses collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary rehab team including: Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapies, Dieticians, Case Managers
• Hands-on orientation and mentorship program
• Play a key role in reinforcing therapy goals and helping patients safely practice skills learned in therapy
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth
• CARF Accredited Inpatient Rehabilitation Program
• Stroke Specialty Program
• Mercy Cedar Rapids is an independent, locally-managed healthcare system that has served the community for 120+ years.

Job Duties

• Ensures that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome.
• Demonstrates competent assessment, planning, intervention, coordination and evaluation skills based on the individual patient plan of care.
• Continually assesses patient and family needs in order to provide quality care based on a patient centered care model.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills and judgment necessary to implement a patient plan of care, nursing interventions and procedures.
• Maintains accurate and real time documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team, according to hospital policy and procedure related to documentation parameters.
• Functions as a role model for current and new staff by creating a healthy work environment to facilitate the department's or unit's ability to meet identified goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitor and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
• Directs other licensed and non-licensed personnel in the provision of care to patients as assigned.
• Demonstrate effective and age-appropriate communication as well as the ability to understand the needs of the patient including non-verbal communication, fears, anxieties and language/cultural barriers.
• Responds within scope of practice to emergencies and life-threatening conditions.
• Adheres to and promotes patient safety practices throughout the patient experience.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively with all members of the healthcare team.
• Provides ongoing education to patients and families. Delegates to other staff registered nurse, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians, unit secretaries, and other staff positions specific to the department.
• Remains current on Evidence-based practice as well as appropriate Protocols and Procedures.
• Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Sound background in basic nursing principles and procedures.
• Demonstrates competency in unit specific skills.
• Demonstrates ability to provide safe and effective basic nursing care. Role Models exemplary customer service skills including verbal and non-verbal skills and proper phone etiquette.
• Creates a welcoming environment for all healthcare team members.
• Committed to ongoing self-development and learning.

Professional Experience

• Previous RN experience in an acute care setting preferred.

Department specific experience requirements are noted below:

Inpatient Rehab

• 1 year inpatient rehab RN experience preferred.

Education

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration Requirements listed below are applicable to all departments.

• Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the state of Iowa or compact state required.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support, in accordance with the American Heart Association required.
• Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse/Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required. Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date.

Additional requirements specific to each department are noted below:

IP Rehab

• The department requires completion of Quality Measures (QM) certification within one year of transfer or hire.

Physical Requirements

• Requirements listed below are applicable to all departments unless otherwise noted. Heavy: Must be able to lift up to 15 lbs. to waist and shoulder height on frequent basis. Able to lift up to 50 lbs. on occasional basis for assist with patient transfers. Rare lifting of up to 100 lbs. for controlled falls. Able to lift 15 lbs. overhead on occasional basis. Able to push and pull of up to 20 lbs. of horizontal force on frequent basis, up to 35 lbs. of horizontal force on occasional basis and up to 50 lbs. of horizontal force on rare basis. Ability to administer CPR. Women & Children's Float Pool Medium: Exert 20-50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 10-15 lbs. of force frequently.

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Mercy is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years.

Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.