Registered Nurse I Inpatient Surgery (PRN)

About the role

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization dedicated to meeting the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people in Alaska. ANTHC provides comprehensive health services, including medical care, wellness programs, disease research, and rural provider training.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations, identifying short and long term professional goals.
• Utilizes the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as the foundation for nursing practice.
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and others practicing in a Shared Governance model of nursing practice.
• Makes decisions and takes actions on behalf of patients in an ethical manner, and care is delivered in a nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory manner that is sensitive to patient diversity preserving patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and other health care providers in the formation of overall goals and the plan of care, as well as in decisions related to care and the delivery of services.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, evidence based-practice, and cost in planning & delivering patient care, and assists the patient and family in identifying and securing appropriate and available services to address health-related needs.
• Delivers timely and effective nursing care according to established standards including physical, social and emotional care.
• Performs nursing assessments, interventions, and evaluations.
• Directs the day-to-day activities of LPNs, NAs and PSAs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education Qualification: An Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Minimum Experience Qualification: Specific experience may be required for each work area.
• Minimum Certification Qualification: Current registered nurse license in the State of Alaska.
• Additional Requirements: Depending on the needs of the organization, some incumbents in this job class may be required to obtain additional certifications or training in one or more specialty areas.