Pediatric Rehabilitation Nurse

Overview

The Pediatric Rehabilitation/Feeding Unit provides 24-hour medical, nursing, respiratory and intensive therapy services. The Neurorehabilitation program treats patients ranging from infants to young adults with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, chronic pain disorders, recovering from orthopedic surgery, and complex medical conditions.

This position is 36 hours per week, three 12 hour shifts, Day (7:00am-7:30pm)/Night (7:00pm-7:30am) rotation

Benefits You Will Receive

$5,000 sign-on bonus

$2000 RN referral bonus

$10,500/year tuition advancement/reimbursement for employees earning undergrad and graduate degrees (pro-rated for 16-39 hours/week)

50% college tuition grant for dependents of eligible employees budgeted 30-40 hours per week up to $32,000/year

Recently increased differentials

Student loan repayment for employees budgeted 30-40 hours per week ($100 per month up to $10,500)

Bonus incentive for a masters degree

Bonus incentive for nursing certification

Medical, Dental, Vision (active the month after you attend HR) most places make you wait 3-6 months)

Enhanced Mental Health Benefits

401K Automatic 3% employer-funded “base contribution” with additional 1.5%-3% based on years of service

Sick and Vacation accrual upon first day of work

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (Child Care Spending Account)

$2,000 for each eligible child through the age of 6; $600 for each child age 7-10

Self-scheduling

Progressive Career Ladder with salary increase

Program to earn free CEUs

• Free secure and monitored parking

What We Will Provide for You

14 week, competency based orientation with the assistance of preceptors

Mentorship program

Techniques to provide high quality patient and family-centered care

Understanding of the importance of cultural competent care when working with patients and families from across the United States and around the world.

The tools to learn effective communication with the patients, families and interdisciplinary team

• Education about how to preform skills related to: IV insertion, blood draws, trach suctioning, trach changes, mechanical ventilation, central lines, tube feeds through NG/GT/JT/Peg tube, dressing changes, wound vac, positioning, transferring, donning/ removing orthotics, and emergency situations

Qualifications

Education: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. BSN or enrolled in a BSN program to be completed within 2 ½ years of hiring date.

Experience: Experience with pediatric and/or developmentally disabled population preferred.

Certification: Current CPR certification that included hands on skills

Benefits

Kennedy Krieger is an approved site for the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment program! More info can be found here: https://bhw.hrsa.gov/funding/apply-loan-repayment#nclrp

We require full COVID vaccination or documentation of medical and/or religious exemption(s) approval for this job as we are a healthcare institution committed to putting health and safety first for our patients, students, employees, and the communities we serve.

EOE/M/F/D/V

Pay Range: USD MIN $33.89- MAX $60.48 Per Hour

Vacancy ID 10867

Pos. Category Nursing

Job Location : Street 707 N Broadway

# of Hours 36.00

Job Locations US-MD-Baltimore

Pos. Type Regular Full Time

Department : Name Nursing - PCNU

Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer M/F/Disability/ProtectedVet

Maryland’s Pay Transparency Act

In compliance with the Maryland Pay Transparency Act, Kennedy Krieger includes the wage range for all posted jobs. The wage range references the pay grade minimum and maximum full-time annualized salary, or hourly pay rate, for the position. The actual pay may depend on relevant experience, education, hours worked and/or internal equity. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Specific wage information will be discussed during the interview process.

Benefits

Kennedy Krieger offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, tuition reimbursement, student debt relief, childcare subsidies, dependent college tuition grants and free parking. In addition, we offer generous time off and rich professional development opportunities. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements. More information here.

We require full COVID vaccination or documentation of medical and/or religious exemption(s) approval for this job as we are a healthcare institution committed to putting health and safety first for our patients, students, employees, and the communities we serve.

EOE/M/F/D/V