Registered Nurse

About the role

Orthopedic Physicians Alaska seeks a highly skilled, dedicated, and professional Registered Nurse (RN) to join their rapidly growing and dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Obtains, verifies, and records health history of patients.
• Gathers pertinent health data through physical assessments and biological samples.
• Collects specimens for laboratory analysis.
• Provides basic patient care as ordered.
• Administers medications and treatments as directed.
• Affords assistance to other healthcare professionals during exams, diagnostic procedures, and treatments, and minor medical procedures.
• Documents assessments, interventions, patient/family responses, medication dispensed/prescribed, and test results in medical records.
• Promotes wellness by providing patient education materials and communicating physician advice/instructions.
• Fulfills patient care responsibilities such as checking schedules, organizing patient flow, accompanying patients to exam/procedure room, assisting patients with walking transfers, dressing, collecting specimens, preparing for exam, etc.
• Fulfills clerical responsibilities such as sending/receiving patient medical records, obtaining lab/X-ray reports, hospital notes, referral information, completing forms/requisitions, forwarding to records for scanning, acquiring physician/physician assistant signature as needed, scheduling appointments, verifying insurance coverage and patient demographics, managing, updating, and preparing chart reviews ensuring information is complete and/or filed appropriately.
• Fulfills environmental responsibilities such as setting up instruments and equipment according to department protocols, cleaning exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control, cleaning sterilizer according to scheduled maintenance program and keeping appropriate records, ordering, sorting, storing supplies, and restocking exam/procedure rooms.
• Fulfills organizational responsibilities such as respecting/promoting patient rights, responding appropriately to emergency codes, sharing problems relating to patients and/or staff with immediate supervisor.
• Fulfills clinical nursing responsibilities according to state law, which may include medical/surgical asepsis, sterilization, instrument wrapping and autoclaving, checking vital signs or menstruations, physical examination preparations, clinical pharmacology, drug administration through various routes including injections, prescription verifications with physician’s orders, minor surgery assists including surgical tray set-up pre/post-surgical care, applying dressings, and suture removal, biohazard waste disposal and monitoring, therapeutic modalities, instructing patients with assistive devices, body mechanics, and home care, laboratory procedures including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines, quality control methods, CLIA-waived testing, capillary punctures and venipuncture, electrocardiography, emergency triage, and first aid within the scope of training/knowledge.

Qualifications

• Education: ASN or BSN from an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience: Minimum one year of RN experience, preferably in an orthopedic setting.

Skills

• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology.
• Familiarity with health care systems, regulations, policies, and functions.
• Understanding of documentation standards.
• Knowledge of equipment, supplies, and materials needed for medical treatment.
• Understanding of basic laboratory procedures including preparation and screening.
• Knowledge of infectious disease management and control and safety standards.
• Skill in reading and following written and oral medical orders.
• Skill in initiating appropriate emergency procedures.
• Skill in handling a number of tasks simultaneously.
• Skill in performing blood draws.

Requirements

• Current state RN license.
• Current CPR certificate.