RN Clinic

South Denver Hospital • Denver, CO

6d • $32 - $53

About The Position

The Clinic RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team, 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 and adherence to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act. The RN demonstrates personal accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission. Success in the role calls for strong ambulatory-care nursing skills, knowledge of community health concepts, and expertise in case management and care coordination.

The RN assesses patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs; evaluates responses to care and intervenes to support optimal outcomes; and develops and implements care plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. The role includes performing therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, educating patients and families, maintaining confidential and thorough records, documenting patient status and outcomes, and using information technology to support communication, knowledge management, error mitigation, and decision-making.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current state RN license or current RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact.
• BLS through the American Heart Association.
• Ability to exert up to 50 lbs of force occasionally, up to 20 lbs frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs 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 patients’ responses to care 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.
• Educate patients and families by assessing their readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide teaching and evaluate its effectiveness.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
• Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
• Document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree