POST-PARTUM NURSING STUDENT/APPRENTICE, PER DIEM

Northern Nevada Health System; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Sierra Medical Center, part of Northern Nevada Health System, invites a nursing student to join the medical-surgical team as a CNA/clinical support.

You will provide direct and indirect patient care under RN supervision, participate in performance improvement, and help with patient assessments, pain support, and care planning with the RN preceptor, including use of IMAP & SBAR.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing.
• Has completed the fundamentals course (and verified proof) in nursing school &
• Certified as a C.N.A., EMT or Paramedic required.
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect patient care under RN supervision.
• Communicates changes in patient condition to the RN preceptor.
• Assists with patient assessments and care planning.
• Participates in CQI activities to improve care quality.

Skills

CNA certification

Education

Nursing student (enrolled in accredited program)

Fundamentals course completed in nursing school

CNA/EMT/Paramedic certification

BLS certification

Job description

Responsibilities

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more. Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

What We At Sierra Medical Center Value

• Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care

Job Description

Provides direct and indirect patient care in the medical-surgical setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse preceptor. Communicates with RN preceptor, as appropriate, about changes in patient’s clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology. Participates in the department's performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Demonstrates supportive behaviors necessary for performing bedside report using IMAP & SBAR (both accomplished in partnership with patient inside room)
• Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes: pediatric, geriatric and the general patient population.
• Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Reports to RN preceptor regarding patient pain assessment. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management
• In coordination with RN preceptor, is able to formulate a patient care plan.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing.
• Has completed the fundamentals course (and verified proof) in nursing school &
• Certified as a C.N.A., EMT or Paramedic required.
• Current BLS certification.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.