L&D NURSING STUDENT/APPRENTICE, PER DIEM

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more.

Values

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect patient care in the medical-surgical setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse preceptor.
• Communicates with RN preceptor, as appropriate, about changes in patient’s clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology.
• Participates in the department's performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Demonstrates supportive behaviors necessary for performing bedside report using IMAP & SBAR (both accomplished in partnership with patient inside room).
• Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy, including pediatric, geriatric, and the general patient population.
• Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Reports to RN preceptor regarding patient pain assessment.
• Educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
• In coordination with RN preceptor, is able to formulate a patient care plan.

Universal Health Services (UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities, and ambulatory care access points across the U.S., Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing.
• Has completed the fundamentals course (and verified proof) in nursing school.
• Certified as a C.N.A., EMT, or Paramedic required.
• Current BLS certification.