Kindred Hospital Philadelphia - Havertown and Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) is 66-bed hospital offering the same in depth care you would receive in a traditional hospital, but for an extended recovery period.  With 57 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospital beds, we partner with your physician and offer 24-hour clinical care seven days a week so you can start your journey to wellness.  Similarly, our nine-bed ARU is designed for people who have experienced the debilitating effects of an acute injury, impairment or illness.  We are located in within a medical district close to Darby Creek and West Chester Pike expressway.

Job Summary

• Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation. Develops nursing care plan in coordination with patient, family and interdisciplinary staff as necessary. Communicates changes in patient’s clinical condition with Physicians, Nursing Supervisor/Manager, and co-workers as appropriate. Participates in discharge planning process.
• The Seasonal Staffing program provides a temporary opportunity for the employee to work a minimum of 36 hours (typically 3–12-hour shifts) per week for a 12-week commitment period at a Seasonal Agreement rate of pay. Once the initial commitment period has exhausted the employee can extend the agreement up to an additional 12 weeks in 4-week increments. The employee’s status during this period will be Per Diem and ineligible for benefits. At the end of the Seasonal Agreement the employee may has the option, based on current job openings, to change status to full-time, part-time, or per diem. The employee may be required to float between units.

Essential Functions

• Maintains the standard of nursing care and implements policies and procedures of the hospital and nursing department
• Directs, supervises and evaluates nursing care provided to patients
• Assigns nursing care team members in accordance to patient needs, team members capabilities and qualifications
• Documents patient admission assessment and reassessments, patient care plans and other pertinent information, completely in the patient’s medical record according to nursing standards and policies. Performs assessment on all patients on admission and reassessments as per policy
• Makes referrals to other disciplines based on assessment
• Develops nursing care plan of assigned patient on admission, updates plan of care as needed and ensures plan of care is coordinated with patient, family, and other members of the team
• Assesses and reassess pain
• Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques
• Educates the patient and family regarding pain management
• Revises the plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment, and evaluates overall plan daily for effectiveness
• Performs patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient’s age
• Performs treatments and provide services to level of licensure
• Receives physician’s orders, ensures transcription is accurate and documents completion
• Assists physicians with examinations, treatments and special procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills within scope of practice
• Administers medication utilizing the five rights of medication administration reducing the potential for medication errors
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates e