Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Transitional Care Unit Registered Nurse needed for our 20 bed transitional care unit FT or PT available and every other weekend 7a-3p or combo 7a-3p / 3p-11p Base Pay: $40.00-$44.00 per hour plus applicable diffs Primary Responsibilities: • Supervises and evaluates all direct resident care and initiates corrective action as necessary. • Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants providing direct resident care • Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit. • Ensures that all physician renewal orders and physician documentation is timely and appropriate. • Conducts resident rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action. • Identifies resident problems and emergency situations, and initiates immediate "life saving" measures within the scope of nursing practice and in accordance with advance directives. • Administers and documents medications, enteral nutrition, and treatments per the physician's order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily. Prerequisites: • Graduate of an accredited RN school of Nursing. • Current license in Massachusetts as RN. • Knowledge of Geriatric Nursing required. • Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with American Heart Association or American Red Cross standards required. • Experience working in a Skilled Nursing environment a plus Benefits Offered: • 401k • Paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday • Medical • Dental • Vision • Hospital, Accident and Critical Illness • Short and Long Term Disability • Life and Supplemental Life • Flexible Spending Accounts • Heath Savings Account