Orthopedic Registered Nurse (RN) | 20k Sign-On
Nucleus Healthcare is seeking anOrthopedic Registered Nurse (RN)to join a prestigious academic health system in Columbia, MO, offering a sign-on bonus of up to ($20,000) for new employees with an extensive benefits package.
Not only is the health system ranked as one of Becker's Hospital Review's 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare for three consecutive years, but it also values the importance of work-life balance and professional growth for its employees.
Take the next step in your career and thrive in an environment where you are respected, challenged, and offered endless opportunities to define your career path! Benefits that matter.
Paid-for tuition from the local top-rated university.
Up to 75% for you and 50% for spouses and children Retirement options including 100% match up to 8% 100% paid leave for parents and caregivers for up to four weeks - effective January 2024 Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including mental wellness support.
4 Personal Days, 12 Sick Days, 17 PTO days for 0-5 years, and 22 PTO days for 5
years Basic Function & Responsibility:
This position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, implement clinical nursing interventions to modify symptoms, and develop and implement patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes and ensure a safe and therapeutic environment.
This position may be required to access and administer medications within their scope of practice and according to state law.
Essential Functions:
Assesses the patients condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient, including discharge planning.
Assesses, intervenes, and reassesses the patients self-report/symptoms of pain promptly.
Utilizes an appropriate tool for assessment and reassessment (0-10 numerical scale, FACES, or the FLACC.
) Demonstrates an understanding of medications with regards to action and side effects.
Reports pertinent information to appropriate individual.
Educates patients and significant others about their medications.
Demonstrates the ability to evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions in accomplishing goals and intended patient care outcomes.
Maintain the standards of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing unit.
Participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups.
Full understanding of the attendance and punctuality guidelines, and adhere to the dress code.
Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person (i.
e.
physicians, head nurse, charge nurse, and/or nursing supervisor) and records those observations accurately and concisely.
Provides quality care to patients and work with multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest patient satisfaction.
May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.
Supervision Received:
Supervision is received from the clinical supervisor or designee responsible for the shift and to the Department Manager.
Supervision Exercised:
Functional supervision may be exercised over nursing and support staff.
Required
Qualifications:
Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN.
When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
One (1) year of acute care and/or operating room RN experience.
Preferred
Qualifications:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation.
The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job.
This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.
This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses.
This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.
Performance Expectations:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job; however, completion of these duties is a measure of successful performance.
Employees of this job classification are subject to performance reviews.
Basic function, responsibilities and characteristics duties may change at any time with or without notice.
Recommended Skills Clinical Nursing Clinical Works Health Care Leadership Nurse Licensure Compact Nursing Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Not only is the health system ranked as one of Becker's Hospital Review's 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare for three consecutive years, but it also values the importance of work-life balance and professional growth for its employees.
Take the next step in your career and thrive in an environment where you are respected, challenged, and offered endless opportunities to define your career path! Benefits that matter.
Paid-for tuition from the local top-rated university.
Up to 75% for you and 50% for spouses and children Retirement options including 100% match up to 8% 100% paid leave for parents and caregivers for up to four weeks - effective January 2024 Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including mental wellness support.
4 Personal Days, 12 Sick Days, 17 PTO days for 0-5 years, and 22 PTO days for 5
years Basic Function & Responsibility:
This position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, implement clinical nursing interventions to modify symptoms, and develop and implement patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes and ensure a safe and therapeutic environment.
This position may be required to access and administer medications within their scope of practice and according to state law.
Essential Functions:
Assesses the patients condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient, including discharge planning.
Assesses, intervenes, and reassesses the patients self-report/symptoms of pain promptly.
Utilizes an appropriate tool for assessment and reassessment (0-10 numerical scale, FACES, or the FLACC.
) Demonstrates an understanding of medications with regards to action and side effects.
Reports pertinent information to appropriate individual.
Educates patients and significant others about their medications.
Demonstrates the ability to evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions in accomplishing goals and intended patient care outcomes.
Maintain the standards of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing unit.
Participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups.
Full understanding of the attendance and punctuality guidelines, and adhere to the dress code.
Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person (i.
e.
physicians, head nurse, charge nurse, and/or nursing supervisor) and records those observations accurately and concisely.
Provides quality care to patients and work with multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest patient satisfaction.
May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.
Supervision Received:
Supervision is received from the clinical supervisor or designee responsible for the shift and to the Department Manager.
Supervision Exercised:
Functional supervision may be exercised over nursing and support staff.
Required
Qualifications:
Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN.
When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
One (1) year of acute care and/or operating room RN experience.
Preferred
Qualifications:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation.
The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job.
This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.
This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses.
This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.
Performance Expectations:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job; however, completion of these duties is a measure of successful performance.
Employees of this job classification are subject to performance reviews.
Basic function, responsibilities and characteristics duties may change at any time with or without notice.
Recommended Skills Clinical Nursing Clinical Works Health Care Leadership Nurse Licensure Compact Nursing Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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