Job Description:
The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.
Scope
Shift Information: Full-Time Night Shift (eligible for night shift differential)
Unit Information
Intermountain Health Heart and Vascular ambulatory clinics bring together many of the region’s top heart and vascular specialists to deliver exceptional quality care and superior outcomes. Built upon long-standing clinical partnerships and groundbreaking research, our clinics represent a uniquely innovative and collaborative approach to heart and vascular care in the Front Range region. Along with general cardiology services, our clinics offer specialty services and procedures including Advanced Cardiac Imaging, a Heart Failure program, Cardio-Obstetrics services, Cardio-Oncology services, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Electrophysiology, Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Artery Disease treatments and a Structural Heart Disease program. Join our extraordinary team and help us make a difference in our community.
- As a Registered Nurse, you know that every day is different, which is why you need to know how to assess, recognize, and address patients' psychological and physical needs.
- Foster quality of care with the best interests of patients and their families in mind
- Communicate compassionately and effectively.
- Assist in developing individualized treatment plans.
- Comply with evaluation, treatment, and documentation guidelines
- Oversee care delivered by LPNs and/or CNAs- Participate in clinical team conferences
- Follow hospital, regulatory, and professional guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Minimum Qualifications
ASN from an accredited program; BSN within 4 years
- A current Registered Nurse license in the state of practice required
- Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association
- One year of nursing experience in a comparable setting, preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, and labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, and identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employees to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
- Expected to lift and utilize the full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
- May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
Location:
Lutheran Medical Center
Work City:
Wheat Ridge
Work State:
Colorado
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$37.17 - $54.53
We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
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