RN Clinic Orthopedic Associates
About The Position
The Clinic RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and patients and families, using best practices to support patient engagement and self-management. The role promotes patients’ health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adherence to patient-care standards and guidelines, and compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act. The RN is accountable for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission. The role calls for strong ambulatory-care nursing skills, knowledge of community health concepts, and expertise in case management and care coordination. The position is based at Mercy Hospital, an 82-bed acute-care hospital in Durango, Colorado, recognized for orthopedic and spine surgery, patient experience, and patient safety. Mercy offers specialty services including emergency, surgical, cardiac, orthopedic and spine, family birthing, home care, and hospice services.
Requirements
- Associate degree in nursing and graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current state RN license or current RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact.
- BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
- Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- One year of experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
- Evaluate patients’ responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
- Develop and implement patient plans of care, observe outcomes, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in accordance with nursing standards.
- Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
- Educate patients and families by assessing their readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide teaching and evaluate its effectiveness.
- Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
- Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
- Document ongoing status, interventions, patient responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
- Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
