Registered Nurse - Edgewood, NM, United States - University of New Mexico - Hospitals

Description

UNM Hospitals participates in the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) and depending on your Nursing Education and National Certifications, you'll work towards one of five CAP levels that offer increasing compensation.

Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Reimbursement available
Receive 17% weekday nights, 26% weekend nights, or 15% weekend day shift differentials

Full Time


Shift:
Days

Work under the general nursing process while using independent judgement to assign nurses, technicians and nursing care to assigned patients.

Designate shift and schedule assignments, call in staff, send staff home and monitor attendance. Provide clinical leadership for nursing and technician staff. Ensure adequate staff to meet patient census. Supervise staff and patient care delivery on designated shift, and serve as a clinical resource for staff. Serve as a role model to promote a positive work environment and quality patient care. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

PATIENT CENTERED MED - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable

• INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT - Using independent judgment assign nursing personnel and staff to specific patients
• ASSIGNMENT - Designate shift and schedule assignments; assign duties in accordance with the plan of care, patient needs, and within the scope of staff qualifications and licensure/certification/registry
• SUPERVISION - Develop efficient organizational structure. encourage staff teamwork and growth initiatives
• LIAISON - Act as liaison as necessary between physicians, staff, patients, families, and other departments to promote and facilitate communication, problem solving, decision-making, crisis intervention, resource utilization, and conflict management
• ACCOUNTABILITY - Supervise and direct staff providing patient care; accountable for care provided to patients on assigned shift
• DELEGATION - Delegate and monitor completion of duties according to departmental and Hospitals policies
• PATIENT CARE - Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients as required
• POLICIES - Work within Hospitals, Nursing division and departmental policies
• CARE PLAN - Work in collaboration with the healthcare team, implement and document individualized care plans incorporating age specific considerations, including discharge planning and patient/family teaching

* upon successful completion of preceptor training assume precepting and evaluation responsibilities of new personnel

• MEDICAL RECORDS - Ensure that patient medical records contain necessary information
• INQUIRIES - Answer telephones and triage calls as per departmental policy

* document and communicate clinical findings

• PATIENT SAFETY - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• 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"

Program Graduate
Bachelor's Degree
Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate
Nursing

Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo
CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days

• Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE
• Subject to an annual contract and performance appraisal