RN Inpatient Rehab

As a RN Inpatient Rehab, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

• One of the most beneficial aspects of working on Inpatient Rehabilitation is being able to see the progression of our patients. We're with our patients for over 12 days from start to finish of their journey and the last step before they return to their lives. While many specialties focus on a single medical need of a patient - such as the patient's cardiac function or renal function - we take a comprehensive view, considering both the patient's medical needs and their functional needs. We ask questions such as, 'How many stairs do you have in your home? Is your bedroom on the first floor or the second floor? Who cooks your meals, who does your laundry?' Being able to have a window in our patients' lives and fully understand the impact we're making is very special."

  - Jack, Inpatient Rehab RN at HCA Healthcare

  If you’re drawn to caring for patients’ medical and functional healthcare needs, longer patient relationships, and a collaborative environment with a skilled interdisciplinary team where your insights into a patient’s progress play a crucial role to their ongoing plan of care, then Inpatient Rehabilitation may be the perfect fit for you. As a Resident I Nurse on Inpatient Rehabilitation, you'll support patients in their “what’s next” journey—helping them regain independence after an illness or injury. You’ll provide medical acute care and use innovative tools like simulated home environments and cognitive rehab software to aid your patients' functional progress. You will educate patients and their families on their medical progress and strategies to support them in regaining independence. Working closely with physicians, PT, OT, Speech Therapy, and Case Management, you’ll be a part of team conferences to assess progress and plan next steps. With an average patient stay of 2–3 weeks, you’ll have the chance to impact patients in a manner many will never forget and witness each patient’s tangible progress from admission to discharge.

  • Patient Care Delivery:As a Resident II Registered Nurse on Inpatient Rehabilitation, you’ll deliver high-quality, patient-centered care through patient assessment, procedures, medication administration, and close monitoring of patients’ therapeutic responses. You will apply established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach and Manage” to guide your practice.
  • Documentation:You will promptly document patient conditions, care provided, and patient responses in their medical record. You will report any changes in status or treatment responses to the provider and intervene as needed.
  • Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration:You will serve as a vital member of a diverse multidisciplinary team—including medical providers, allied health professionals, and nursing support—working collaboratively to deliver holistic, patient-centered care.
  • Patient Education:You will educate patients on their medical condition, treatment plans, medications, possible side effects, follow-up measures, and more.
  • Clinical Excellence:You will engage in evidence-based best practices and continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance the patient experience and patient outcomes, including SAFETY rounding, communication fundamentals/AIDET, Teach-Back, Narrating Care, etc.

  What qualifications you will need:

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
  • (RN) Registered Nurse
  • Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree

  Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital is a 380-bed acute-care hospital. Offering a full range of services. We are home to the most experienced Heart Institute on the Treasure Coast. Lawnwood Hospital provides interventional and therapeutic care, including open-heart surgery. Other hospital services include labor/delivery, pediatrics, orthopedics, oncology, nuclear medicine, adult and pediatric emergency services, and diagnostic services. We also offer inpatient, and outpatient surgical services.

Lawnwood Hospital is a designated Certified Primary Stroke Center. The Physical Rehabilitation Center is CARF accredited. We are a Level II Trauma Center. We are verified by the American College of Surgeons. We offer a freestanding ER in Vero Beach. We provide emergency treatment for adults and children. We also offer the area’s only Level III Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. At HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital patients come first – no matter what! We invite you to work in a fast-paced environment while enjoying a vibrant, laid-back quality of life.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our RN Inpatient Rehab opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.