Job Description
<p>Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider-we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community. The Registered Nurse is a sincerely caring and compassionate professional and assumes accountability in utilizing the nursing process to provide dynamic patient management.<em>Required Behaviors:</em></p><ul><li><p>As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: <em>Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality</em> ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission. <em>Required Qualifications:</em></p></li><li><p>Current licensure by the State Board of Nursing of New Mexico or compact (multi-state) license</p></li><li>Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification</li><li><p>Must meet the requirements for obtaining and maintaining life support certifications as outlined in the Life Support Certification policy <em>Duties and Responsibilities:</em></p></li><li><p>Provides individualized patient care and maintains clinical competency appropriate for the area of practice</p></li><li>Prioritizes patient care based on acuity and assures continuity of safe/effective care of patients</li><li>Understands and follows policy and procedure in addition to meeting licensure requirements</li><li>Responsive to current safety and quality initiatives and sustains improvement</li><li>Builds productive interpersonal relationships in every encounter</li><li>Demonstrates teamwork and delegates appropriately to other team members</li><li>Actively participates in the department</li><li>Proactively seeks continued growth and development</li><li>Supports the philosophy of San Juan Regional Medical Center by facilitating the cooperation of the hospital staff in a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving</li><li>Upholds established Core Values, Standards of Practice, Standards of Care, philosophy, and goals of the Nursing Department and organization</li><li>Serves as a role model for staff by demonstrating a positive attitude and holistic approach to patient care and a commitment to the nursing process</li><li>Assesses the patient's condition and nursing needs utilizing the nursing process</li><li>Is able to deliver interdisciplinary care to patients across the lifespan: OB/Peds through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation and appropriately documents the care of assigned patients</li><li>Sets expected outcomes/goals and prescribes appropriate nursing interventions in cooperation with the patient, the patient's family and/or the significant other</li><li>Uses advanced and specialized knowledge and skills to proficiently assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and document the care of assigned patients</li><li>Assesses the patient/family significant other's educational needs and develops an appropriate plan to meet the needs as evidenced by documentation on the Patient's Plan of Care</li><li>Follows guidelines described in the Ethics and Compliance Code of Conduct Compliance Plan</li><li>Demonstrates an understanding of DNV accrediting process as it pertains to his/her position and responsibilities and responds accordingly</li><li>Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC's Service Standards into their daily work: <em>Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship</em></li><li><p>Other duties as assigned <em>Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:</em></p></li><li><p>Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance</p></li><li>Must be able to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist frequently</li><li>Must be able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds frequently</li><li><p>Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids and meets OSHA training requirements <em>Special Demands:</em></p></li><li><p>Sets limits when dealing with angry, hostile, or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe, respectful environment that will support the delivery of care</p></li><li>Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families</li></ul><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?t7ZsEWZhnj7rdozK%2bqTewjsSVmEOKROXo" width="0" height="0" />