RN Clinic Orthopedic Associates

CommonSpirit Health

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 nurse promotes patients’ health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process and follows patient-care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act while demonstrating accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission. The role includes assessing patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs; evaluating responses to care and intervening to support optimal outcomes; and developing and implementing care plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. The nurse performs therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, provides and evaluates patient and family education, advocates for patients’ health, safety, and rights, and maintains complete, confidential, accurate, and timely records. Information technology is used to communicate, manage knowledge, reduce errors, and support decision-making. The position is based at Mercy Hospital, an 82-bed acute care hospital in Durango, Colorado, recognized for orthopedic and spine care, patient experience, and patient safety. Mercy provides a range of specialty services, including emergency, surgical, cardiac, orthopedic and spine, family birthing, home care, and hospice services.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing.
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 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 patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education 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 errors, and support decision-making.
Facilitate communication and collaboration with the healthcare team and patients and families to support engagement and self-management.