Registered Nurse Pre and Post Procedure

Intermountain Health • Saint Joseph, MO

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. The staff RN uses the nursing process, technology, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practice, and coordination with other health team members to provide seamless care before and after procedures requiring anesthesia. The role includes thorough assessments, patient education, recovery support, and care coordination for a variety of procedural patients.

The position is based at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and is scheduled for four 9-hour shifts between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on varying scheduled days. There are no weekends, holidays, or call. The scheduled weekly hours are 36.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice.
• Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution; degree will be verified.
• Registered Nurses with less than 12 months of experience must obtain a BSN within four years of their hire date.
• Ability to meet the role’s physical requirements, including reading and assessing information, communicating and hearing effectively, using manual dexterity to handle equipment, lifting and transferring patients, bending, carrying supplies, walking, pushing and pulling equipment, and standing for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate.
• Seek and evaluate information from patients, families, physicians, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Use assessment information and critical-thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plans of care.
• Involve patients, families, the care team, and physicians in planning care and identifying education needs.
• Plan collaboratively for patients’ support needs after the current episode of care, including teaching, referrals, and follow-up.
• Direct the interdisciplinary care team through delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate.
• Provide or delegate care consistent with the plan of care, care guidelines, and professional licensure provisions.
• Set priorities and coordinate and organize patient care delivery while managing time, supplies, and resources effectively.
• Evaluate patient responses to interventions by reviewing goals, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction.
• Revise plans of care and reassess changes as appropriate.
• Promote the nursing profession and participate in the development of others.
• Integrate legal and ethical standards into practice, comply with regulatory standards, practice within licensure scope, and provide accurate and timely documentation.
• Provide pre-procedure and post-procedure care for patients undergoing procedures requiring anesthesia.
• Educate patients and provide recovery support and care coordination.
• Operate monitors and other equipment, document patient care, prepare medications, transfer and transport patients, and obtain and distribute supplies and equipment as required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package covering programs that support health, security, connection, and engagement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level