RN - OUTPATIENT -

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Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department Information

Department: Plastic Surgery - SRMC

FTE: 0.50 (Part Time)

Shift: Days

Position Summary

Provide safe, direct patient care utilizing the nursing process in the ambulatory setting. Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to staff, serve as a role model, and deliver a full range of patient education to patients and family members. Assume relief charge duties when designated, under direction of the designated shift supervisor, and ensure adherence to hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Patient Safety: Follow patient safety‑related policies, procedures and protocols.
• Patient Safety: Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve safety through questioning of current policies and processes.
• Patient Safety: Identify and report/correct environmental conditions or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
• Emergency Measures: Assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden, adverse developments in patients.
• Patient Care: Assess patient's condition and nursing needs; set goals and utilize appropriate nursing actions to achieve goals.
• Patient Care: Provide and document nursing care.
• Patient Care: Ensure that physician's orders are carried out.
• Support: Ensure equipment is maintained; monitor supply and medicine requisitions; maintain supply stock levels.
• Support: Record and report pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to medical staff.
• Patient Care: Administer medications and perform routine treatments.
• Patient Care: Assist physician with special tests, procedures and complex treatments.
• Training: Participate in orientation and evaluation of new personnel.
• Patient Care: Assist team members in patient care; coordinate patient care in conjunction with procedures by other UH departments and clinics.
• Support: Process data and generate reports; assist in the reception and discharge areas; handle patient calls and triage using documentation.
• Support: Ensure patient medical records contain necessary information; document medical history or chief complaint; triage and initiate care for walk‑in patients.
• Support: Document lab cultures; ensure follow‑up on abnormal results.
• Patient Safety: Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner.
• Patient Safety: Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don’t understand or may “not seem right”.
• Patient‑Centered Medical Home: Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable.
• Mentor: Serve as a mentor to patients to promote self‑management, hope and empowerment.
• Patient Education: Provide education for patients and/or families about preventive care, medical issues, and the use of prescriptive medical treatment.

Qualifications

• Education: Essential – Program Graduate; Nonessential – Bachelor’s Degree.
• Education specialization: Essential – Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate.
• Nursing Experience: Essential – 3 years directly related experience.
• Language: Nonessential – Bilingual in English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo.

Credentials

• CPR for Healthcare/BLS Provider or Professional Rescuer within 30 days.
• RN license in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM.

Physical Conditions

• Heavy Work: Exerting 50–100 lb of force occasionally, 25–50 lb frequently, and 10–20 lb constantly to move objects or people. Physical demand requirements exceed those for Medium Work.
• Working Conditions: Moderate exposure to chemicals/dangerous equipment/materials (Medical Hazard). Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required.

Benefits

• Sign‑On Bonus available.
• Relocation assistance available.