Registered Nurse, PCU - PRN

Surgery Partners Careers•Durango, CO

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the department manager or team leader, the Registered Nurse assesses, plans, organizes, and evaluates all aspects of patient care for assigned unit patients. The role uses the nursing process to provide quality care, including planning, implementing, evaluating, and adjusting care plans and discharge planning based on expected patient outcomes. The nurse admits, transfers, and discharges patients; completes and documents ongoing and initial assessments; develops care plans; and promptly reports symptoms and significant changes in patients’ conditions. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and the multidisciplinary healthcare team on care, discharge readiness, teaching, disease processes, and wellness promotion. The role applies age-specific standards and guidelines when caring for child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, and demonstrates awareness of nursing research and opportunities to improve practice. Additional duties may be assigned. Employees are expected to reflect the hospital’s philosophy, mission, and values in their words, actions, and departmental processes. The position requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing, a current state registered nurse license, current CPR certification, and ACLS, PALS, or TNCC certifications as required by policy. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred, as is previous RN experience in a related care area. The position involves lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling more than 50 pounds; daily stooping, kneeling, or crouching; standing and walking more than five hours per day; and occasional running during patient-care emergencies. Work may expose the employee to chemicals, solvents, sharps, blood, body fluids, infectious diseases and waste, radiation or radioactive materials, and moving mechanical parts; protective clothing or equipment may be necessary. Required immunization records or evidence of immunity must be provided before the first scheduled workday. The employer conducts a pre-employment drug screen, including marijuana. The employer describes itself as a hospital founded in 2004 by local physicians and serving the Four Corners region. Its mission is to provide innovative, exceptional healthcare that patients recommend, physicians prefer, and employees are proud of. The posted hourly range is $34.14–$54.00; the range excludes overtime and bonuses, which are not guaranteed.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current state license as a registered nurse.
Current CPR certification.
ACLS, PALS, or TNCC certification as required by policy.
Provide vaccine records or evidence of immunity before the first scheduled workday.
Complete the employer’s pre-employment drug screen, which includes marijuana.
Ability to lift, carry, push, and/or pull more than 50 pounds while providing patient care.
Daily stooping, kneeling, and/or crouching in the delivery of patient care.
Ability to stand and walk for more than five hours per day and run occasionally in response to patient-care emergencies.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Previous RN experience in a related care area.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, organize, and evaluate patient care for assigned unit patients.
Use the nursing process to plan, implement, evaluate, and adjust care and discharge plans based on expected patient outcomes.
Admit, transfer, and discharge patients.
Complete ongoing patient assessments and document according to policy.
Complete nursing assessments appropriate to the patient's condition and within established time frames.
Develop patient care plans that include problems, goals, evaluations, and interventions.
Report symptoms and significant changes in patients’ conditions to appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
Assess, collaborate on, and coordinate patients’ discharge planning needs and readiness with the care team.
Apply age-specific standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines in caring for child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Collaborate with physicians and other multidisciplinary healthcare team members in formal and informal teaching of patients and families about disease processes, wellness promotion, and discharge planning.
Demonstrate awareness of nursing research and evaluate practices to identify improvement or research opportunities.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Reflect the hospital’s philosophy, mission, and values through words and actions and incorporate them into departmental processes, programs, and the working environment.