Registered Nurse (RN), Comprehensive Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Days

Company Description

Join the UM Rehab Team!

At UM Rehab, we offer an unparalleled opportunity to work in a setting that seamlessly blends elements of acute care, outpatient therapy, and skilled nursing, creating a fast-paced yet deeply rewarding environment. Our dedicated Brain Injury Unit specializes in treating highly complex cases, including coma-emerging patients and individuals with behavioral challenges, ensuring they receive the specialized care needed for recovery. Our multidisciplinary team is equipped with the expertise and training to manage cases that many other facilities are unable to accommodate.

Why Join UM Rehab?

Diverse & Challenging Cases: Gain invaluable experience working with complex diagnoses that enhance your clinical skills and deepen your understanding of brain health and injury recovery.

Collaborative Environment: Work closely with a multidisciplinary team that emphasizes teamwork, flexibility, and open communication, ensuring the best outcomes for patients.

Supportive Team Culture: Be part of a hardworking, compassionate team that feels like family and is dedicated to making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives.

Impactful & Rewarding Work: While the job can be emotionally demanding, the reward of seeing patients progress—and even hearing success stories long after discharge—makes every challenge worthwhile.

At UM Rehab, we’re looking for professionals who are empathetic, adaptable, and passionate about patient care. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level in an environment where your skills and dedication truly make a difference, we invite you to join our team!

Job Description

As a Registered Nurse at UM Rehab & Ortho, you’ll experience:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• A comprehensive benefits package including health, vision and dental coverage including prescription drug coverage - Tax-Free Savings Plans, Tuition Reimbursement and more!
• Work-Life Balance: You’ll accrue vacation + holiday + sick leave and personal leave days; we offer dependent care reimbursement, short/long term disability, and an employee assistance program.
• Educational Assistance: We support your continuing education and career advancement by offering tuition reimbursement & continuing education options.
• FREE Parking

General Summary

This role is reserved for the new graduate or nurse with less than 12 months experience. The nurse will utilize this time to learn the institution and nursing practice. It is expected that a nurse in this role successfully pass the probationary period within 12 months (18 months maximum with a defined action plan developed with manager). Utilizes the nursing process as the frame of reference for practice as a professional nurse. Participates in activities to develop own practice, and to support group practice goals at the unit level. Functions effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team. Is accountable to patient, family and team members for care provided, and to the nurse manager for totality of work performance.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

Clinical Practice/Care Delivery

• Novice: focus of clinical practice/care delivery is on own learning
• Uses/applies evidence based practice; accesses appropriate resources
• Follows hospital policies, procedures, documentation, etc.
• Involves patient and family in care
• Conducts patient/family needs assessment; initiates and documents patient/family education
• Assists with precepting students, may assist with share days or shadow days PRN

Professional Development

• Responsible for accessing education applicable to self professional development; focus on completion of competencies appropriate for patient care setting.
• Successful completion of orientation within 12 months (18 months for those with an identified development plan).
• Accountable for orientation e.g. assignments, goal setting, communication of needs, attending required meetings, etc).
• Accountable for achieving/maintaining requirements necessary for successful unit practice.
• Attends mandatory training and education classes specific to unit/department.
• Support and attend educational offe