Registered Nurse - Transitional Care Unit - Meyer Orthopedic Rehab Hosp - (Weekend Option)

Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024.
• Recognized as the Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads in 2023.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Overview of Unit/Department

Want to be a member of an interdisciplinary team that is patient focused? Working daily with all types of adult patients from cardiac to trauma to ortho and neuro. We focus on the patient returning home at their maximum level of abilities. As a nurse you have frequent interactions with the patient and family providing immediate care and education for a successful transition home.

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

• Up to $10,000.00 Sign-On Bonus
• Up to 80 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off
• Up to $3,000.00 Relocation bonus
• $1.00 Certification pay
• $1.00 BSN pay
• Career Ladder Bonus eligible up to $5,000.00

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse working in the Transitional Care Unit is responsible to provide direct and indirect care based on the patients’ needs to include teaching, discharge planning, and care of medical conditions as directed by the patient’s physician. The RN coordinates the multidisciplinary care of patients, and participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team. The RN contributes information specific to the patient’s response to education, medication therapy, pain control, skin condition, bowel/bladder training, and discharge planning. The RN supervises licensed and non-licensed staff members.

Job Requirements

• Education
  • Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program or NLN approved program
  • Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Experience
  • Preferred: Previous nursing experience
• Skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrate effective leadership abilities
  • Exhibits valuable time management skills
  • Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills.
  • Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment.
• Licensure/Certification/Registration
  • Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri
  • Required: BLS must be obtained within 90 days