About Shepherd Center
With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain.An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.
Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work. You willenjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers, strong support from leadership, andfun activitiesthat have kept over 12% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years
The Inpatient Registered Nurse “RN” provides basic care to patients, performing all job functions in an ethical manner and ensuring patient safety, privacy, dignity, and confidentiality. This role interacts with and contributes to the professional development and image of all unit staff practicing in a Shared Governance model of nursing practice.
Grow your career, build relationships, and rebuild lives. As a Registered Nurse (RN) at Shepherd Center, you will be part of an amazing team committed to helping people with a temporary or permanent disability caused by injury or disease, rebuild their lives with hope, independence, and dignity. Our nursing model combines relationship-based care with an evidence-based clinical approach. This allows for a stronger connection between patient and nurse and promotes individualized care that helps patients achieve their best outcomes.
You will work on a multidisciplinary team and be empowered to advocate for your patients. You will have the opportunity to build relationships with your patients who have a 51-day average length of stay.
You will have opportunities to match your interests:
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Shepherd Center, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a private, not-for-profit hospital specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spine and chronic pain, and other neuromuscular conditions. Founded in 1975, Shepherd Center is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the top 10 rehabilitation hospitals in the nation. Shepherd Center is a 152-bed facility that treats about 750 inpatients, 300 day program patients and more than 7,100 outpatients each year. Our specialization and clinical expertise delivers Level 1 Rehabilitation® on par with state and national designations for advanced trauma centers. And our patient outcomes exceed national averages.
