POST-PARTUM NURSING STUDENT/APPRENTICE, PER DIEM

About the Organization

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

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.

Values

• Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth, caring for every patient, employee, and physician like family.
• Empathy: We deliver clinical care with a personalized touch by putting ourselves in our patients' shoes.
• Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to achieve the best possible outcomes for our patients.
• Quality: We strive for excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect: We honor the dignity, individuality, and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds expectations.
• Innovation: We invest in technology and process improvements to develop 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 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 for bedside report using IMAP & SBAR (in partnership with the patient inside the room).
• Performs head-to-toe assessments on all patients and reassessments as per policy, including pediatric, geriatric, and general patient populations.
• Adequately assesses and reassesses pain, utilizing appropriate pain management techniques and reporting to RN preceptor.
• Educates patients and families regarding pain management.
• In coordination with RN preceptor, formulates a patient care plan.

Requirements

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