Per Diem Registered Nurse – Ambulatory Care - Centennial

Position Summary

Provides preventive care and/or treatment to patients in an outpatient or specialty clinic with a variety of conditions, illnesses and/or injuries.

Education & Experience

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• One (1) year of RN experience in a clinic or urgent care setting

Licensing & Certification

• Current License by the Nevada State Board of Nursing to Practice as a Registered Nurse
• BLS from the AHA

Additional Preferences

• Emergency Department experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and coordination of patient care)
• Anatomy and physiology
• Standards of care
• Disease process
• Medical equipment
• Patient care plan development
• Patient evaluation and assessment techniques
• Body mechanics used with ambulating, transferring and repositioning patients
• General office equipment including facsimiles, copiers, telephones and computers
• Pharmacology and medication administration
• Nurse Practice Act
• Department and hospital safety practice and procedures
• Patient rights
• Age specific patient care practices
• Infection control policies and practices
• Handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials
• Department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures

Skills

• Implementing nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
• Working with high risk or critically ill patients
• Performing invasive nursing procedures associated with area of specialty
• Developing and implementing education programs associated with specialty
• Organizing, prioritizing and delegating work
• Using computers and related software applications
• Communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties
• Efficient, effective and safe use of equipment

Physical Requirements

• Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment
• Stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time
• Strength to examine and treat varied patients
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone
• Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification