Registered Nurse-South Meadows

About the role

This position provides optimal patient care utilizing knowledge and skills within the context of the nursing process. The incumbent is accountable for individualized patient outcomes over an entire episode of care. The incumbent provides comprehensive nursing services to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, including their families/caregivers.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and treat human responses to health problems.
• Provide optimal patient/resident care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of adolescent, adult, and geriatric residents and families.
• Demonstrate the cognitive and psychosocial needs specific to the population to be served and meet standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards.
• Coordinate care between other professionals as needed.
• Exercise intensive continuous mental effort to provide optimal safe patient care and interact with internal and external contacts, exercising judgments and making decisions.

Requirements

• Education: Working-level knowledge of the English language, appropriate education to obtain and maintain Registered Nursing licensure in the State of Nevada.
• Experience: None.
• Licenses: Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license. State of Nevada Point of Care Analyst POCA license required within 120 days of hire.
• Certifications: Current BLS certification by The American Heart Association standards. Additional certifications required within specified timeframes.
• Computer / Typing: Possess or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computer skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license.
• Current BLS certification by The American Heart Association standards.
• Additional certifications required within specified timeframes.
• Computer / Typing: Possess or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computer skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.