Outpatient Registered Nurse - Sandia Park, United States - University of New Mexico

Description

Outpatient Registered Nurse - Digest Disease Health Center

$8,000 sign-on bonus and relocation reimbursement available

FTE: 1.00, Full Time, Day Shift

Join our team as an Outpatient Registered Nurse at the UNM Hospitals Digest Disease Health Center. In this role, you will provide safe and direct patient care in the ambulatory setting. You will also serve as a clinical leader and mentor for staff, ensuring adherence to Hospital and departmental policies and procedures. As a mentor to patients, you will encourage self management, hope, and empowerment, while providing a full range of patient education to patients and their families. You may be responsible for patient care across multiple age groups, including neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.

• Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice
• Assist physician with special tests, procedures and complex treatments
• Process data and generate reports; assist in the reception and discharge areas; handle patient calls and triage using documentation
• Document lab cultures; ensure follow-up on abnormal results
• Assess patient's condition and nursing needs; set goals and utilize appropriate nursing actions to achieve goals
• Provide and document nursing care; ensure that physician's orders are carried out
• Administer medications and perform routine treatments
• Participate in orientation and evaluation of new personnel; assist team members in patient care; coordinate patient care in conjunction with procedures by other UH departments and clinics
• Ensure that equipment is maintained; monitor supply and medicine requisitions; maintain supply stock levels
• Record and report pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to medical staff
• Provide education for patients and/or families about preventive care, medical issues, and the use of prescriptive medical treatment
• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols; demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk; report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• 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'

Qualifications:

• Program Graduate (essential), Bachelor's Degree (nonessential)
• Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate (essential), Nursing degree (nonessential)
• Current RN licensure in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM (essential), CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days (essential)
• 3 years directly related experience (nonessential), bilingual English/Spanish/Keres/Tewa/Tiwa/Towa/Zuni/Navajo (nonessential)
• Physical Demands: Heavy Work
• Working Conditions: Moderate exposure to chemicals/dangerous equipment/materials