Registered Nurse (RN) - Rehabilitation Unit
Company: Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital
Location: Somerset
Posted on: October 28, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Registered Nurse (RN) Rehabilitation Unit
Temporary Days RN, Rehabilitation Unit Provides direct patient care
to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable
scope and standards of practice. Reports to: The Post Acute
Director FLSA: Non-exempt Education: Associate's degree Required;
Bachelor's degree Preferred ; Graduate of a Credited Nursing
Program Licenses: Current RN to practice in the state of Kentucky
or a current multistate license. Certifications: American Heart
Association BCLS; New employees that have BLS certification from
another organization than American Heart Association (i.e. American
Red Cross) have 30 days to complete American Heart Association
version. Required Skills Requires critical thinking skills,
decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take
appropriate action. Essential Functions Performs plan of care
intervention, including medication administration, specimen
collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care
treatment. Documents patient care given. Monitors, records, and
communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team,
physician, patient, and family. Assists patients with performing
activities of daily living, including personal hygiene,
elimination, nutrition, and ambulation. Collaborates as needed
across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient
transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support
needs. Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and
provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture,
condition, and circumstances. Works as an advocate for the physical
and emotional well-being of the patient. The Registered Nurse
assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for a given
population based upon age specific and cultural needs. This is done
in a collaborative multidisciplinary approach embracing quality and
safety. Assures quality of care by measuring health outcomes
against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending
necessary adjustments; following hospital philosophies and
standards of care set by Arizona State Board of Nursing, , and
other governing agency regulations. Coordinates the delivery of
patient care for the Rehab Unit, facilitates problem solving with
staff members and communicates necessary issues to nursing
administration and the Program Manager. Every effort has been made
to make this job description as complete as possible. However, it
in no way states or implies that these are the only duties the
incumbent will be required to perform. The omission of specific
statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the
work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment to the
position. This position description does not restrict the right of
management to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities with
and without notice. To perform this job, an individual must perform
each essential function satisfactorily with or without a reasonable
accommodation.
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