Registered Nurse (RN), New Grad, Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, Nights

Company Description

*****This is a NEW GRADUATE position******

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

General Summary

Under direct supervision of a registered nurse, the nurse graduate participates in the nursing process by delivering care to patients and their families.  Duties and responsibilities include direct care activities required in daily nursing practice on the assigned unit.

1. 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.  They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

•  Nurse Graduates perform various routine nursing support functions as listed below.  These functions may vary depending upon the unit to which the Nurse Graduate is assigned.
  1. After successful completion of an organized staff development program which includes an evaluation that the nurse graduate is competent, through skills validation, the nurse graduate may perform and document routine procedures taught within the nurse graduate’s generic nursing program, including but not limited to:
     1. Documenting in the medical record using the initials “NG” after the nurse graduate’s name as credentials
     2. Assisting the Registered Nurse assigned to the patient with the assessment of the patient by monitoring parameters outlined by the Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nursing Standards of Practice.
     3. Identifying, recording, and reporting overt findings to the Registered Nurse concerning the physical and mental condition of a patient in accordance with the Nursing Documentation policy.
     4. Assisting the Registered Nurse assigned to the patient with the implementation of nursing care by performing nursing care activities as delegated and supervised by the Registered Nurse such as:
        1. Performing patient assessments after the initial assessment or after the first assessment of the shift has been performed by the registered nurse
        2. Assisting with indwelling and intermittent urinary bladder catheterizations by performing catheter insertion, catheter care and removal.
        3. Providing direct patient care, such as personal hygiene care, positioning, ambulating, transporting, nutritional intake/ feeding, obtaining specimens and performing blood sugar checks.
        4. Performing routine patient care and administrative procedures on the unit such as dressing changes, calculating body intake and output measures and shift totals.
        5. Assisting with patient admission and/or discharge by setting up special equipment and recording vital signs.
        6. Assisting with intravenous therapy by gathering equipment for starting IV fluids, preparing the patient as directed by the Registered Nurse and monitoring IV rate.
  2. Assists the Registered Nurse in patient status evaluation by reporting patient information such as vital signs or response to nursing actions such as pain