Description

Renown Health, the largest, not-for-profit academic healthcare network in northern Nevada, is located in beautiful Reno-Tahoe – and we’re hiring talented healthcare professionals like you! Apply today to join our team and enjoy the rewarding opportunities a role with Renown can offer you both professionally and personally.

Committed to putting People First, Renown is proud to be recognized with the Best Employee Experience award by Ragan’s Workplace Wellness and Best Place for Working Parents®.

Up to $30,000 start-to-work and relocation assistance bonus!

About Position:

Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, this position provides optimal patient care utilizing knowledge and skills within the context of the nursing process. You will be accountable for individualized patient outcomes over an entire episode of care and provide comprehensive nursing services to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, including their families/caregivers.

Responsibilities:

•        Diagnose and treat human responses to health problems and 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 meets standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards.
•        Requires a scientific knowledge base and ongoing growth and learning. When possible, the family or those significant to the family are considered as part of the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation efforts of the Registered Nurse (RN). The RN coordinates care between other professionals as needed.
•        Intensive continuous mental effort is required to provide optimal safe patient care and the same mental effort is required when interacting with internal and external contacts, exercising judgments and making decisions.

This position does provide patient care.The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Qualifications: Required and/or Preferred

Education: Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing and speaking English. Appropriate education to obtain and maintain Registered Nursing licensure in the State of Nevada.

License(s): Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license.

Experience: At least one year of experience

Certification(s): Current BLS certification by The American Heart Association standards.

       Other Specific Department Required Certificates: Employees will obtain the extra certifications within six months, unless otherwise specified, of being hired or transferring into the department that requires the additional certificates. (Listed in full job description)

Computer / Typing: Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

Bibliography:

1.Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements, American Nurses Association Publication

Edwards, DuAnne; The Synergy Model: Linking Patient Needs to Nursing Competencies, Critical Care Nurse; Vol. 19, No. 1, February, 1999

Magnet Recognition Progress, Recognizing Excellence in Nursing Service - Healthcare OrganizationInstruction and Application Process Manual, American Nurses Association Credentialing Center; Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 134, 135, 127.

Nurse Practice Act, Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 632, NAC, Chapter 632.Nevada State Board of Nursing, September, 2002.

Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, American Nurses Association Publication.