REGISTERED NURSE, Medical Surgical- Telemetry Unit

Job Description

Responsibilities

When it comes to choosing a hospital, one thing is clear : quality and convenience count. Northern Nevada Medical Center's tradition of providing quality healthcare in a comfortable, accessible environment means peace of mind for the thousands of patients served by the hospital each year.

Northern Nevada Medical Center is a -bed acute care hospital located on hillside acres at 5 E. Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada.

What we at Northern Nevada Medical Center value :

• Compassion : We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy : We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork : We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality : We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics : We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect : We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence : We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation : We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

This Registered Nurse opportunity is full time on our Medical Surgical / Telemetry Unit and offers a convenient night shift schedule.

We are looking for a dynamic Medical Surgical Nurse (RN) that will help provide safe and compassionate care to our patients in the medical sugical environment.

The concepts of Patient Centered Care will provide the foundation for all nursing care. Demonstrates Service Excellence standards at all times.

Job Duties / Responsibilities :

• Involves the patient and family psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, population specific, and diversity needs in care assessment.
• Constructs and implements the plan of care using nursing knowledge and skill. Integrates direct and indirect patient care activities related to the diagnosis and co-morbidities.
• Coordinates the implementation of the interdisciplinary plan of care for assigned patients. Develops goals, treatment plans, and discharge plans that meet individual patient / family needs.
• Consistently completes hourly rounds with purpose to strengthen nurse communication, improve safety, and anticipate patient needs (i.

e. pain, re-positioning, toileting). Rounds with purpose including pro-actively evaluating the environment to ensure it is patient friendly and patient safe.

• Collaborates with the patient’s designated care partner to meet the educational, physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of the patient.
• Follows communication practices that minimize risks associated with handoffs among providers, and across transitions in care utilizing the SBAR process.

Benefits for full and part time employees :

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

K) with company match and discounted stock plan

• Career development opportunities within UHS and its + Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website : benefits.uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services :

Qualifications

Rrequirements :

• Graduate of an accredited or NLN approved RN program
• Current Nevada nursing license
• Current BLS certificate
• Current ACLS certificate
• One year full time or three years part time experience in an acute care setting preferred
30+ days ago