About this role
Overview
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, feeding and swallowing 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
- $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 up to $32,000/year for eligible employees budgeted 30-40 hours per week who have 5 years of service or more.
- 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
Responsibilities
Demonstrating competent patient and family-centered care. Showing culture competence while working with patients and families from across the United States and around the world. Maintaining effective communication with the interdisciplinary team, patients and families. Being evidence-based practice driven to deliver the highest quality of care to all patients on the unit.
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.
License: Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse license from Maryland or a compact state.
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
## Minimum pay range
USD $34.98/Hr.
## Maximum pay range
USD $62.41/Hr.