Registered Nurse (RN) – Urology

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Loan repayment

Relocation help

Housing assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Earned time

CEU training

Simulation center

Nursing governance

Research environment

Continuing education

Job summary

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health’s Urology Clinic in Lebanon, NH seeks a compassionate registered nurse to join our team. The role is 40 hours per week, primarily procedural, with duties including administration of chemotherapy, biotherapy and other agents into the bladder; catheter changes; and assisting with cystoscopies and vasectomies.

We value teamwork, nursing excellence, and ongoing professional development with strong CEU and training opportunities, loan repayment, relocation assistance, and

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individualized nursing care.
• Recognize changes in patient status and modify the care plan as needed.
• Advocate for patient autonomy and informed consent; support families.
• Mentor colleagues and participate in governance of practice.
• Apply current evidence to daily practice and quality improvement.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families and the care team.

Education

BSN preferred

NH RN licensure

Job description

Overview

Urology Clinic

40 hours per week

We are seeking a compassionate and experienced registered nurse to join our team in the Urology Clinic! The Urology RN will provide specialized nursing care to a variety of adult patients with BPH, urologic cancers, urinary dysfunction, UTI’s, gender reassignment, and many other general urology conditions.

This position is primarily procedural based with duties including the administration of chemotherapy, biotherapy and other agents into the bladder; patient education; urethral and suprapubic catheter changes; assisting providers with sterile procedures such as vasectomies and cystoscopies; triage; and injections. We are seeking a well-rounded, clinically strong nurse who can work both independently and in collaboration with the entire urology team.

As our Urology Department continues to grow and expand, we are looking for nurses with an unwavering commitment to professionalism, nursing excellence and teamwork. Our clinic treats patients Monday-Friday from 8 am to 5 pm, excluding holidays. We are flexible and willing to utilize a schedule that works for both you and our team. When you join our team, you are not just taking a job, you are making a difference in people’s lives!

These are just a few highlights of being a nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics in New Hampshire.

• We have loan repayment up to $20,000.
• We offer Relocation Assistance and a Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home.
• We offer generous tuition reimbursement.
• We have a very popular “earned time” plan.
• We have extensive CEU/Training programs.
• Our 8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state-of-the-art.
• Our nurses serve as central figures in the success of our system through our shared governance nursing model.
• We offer a rigorous, research-focused environment.
• Dartmouth Hitchcock’s Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing. education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Why are we so unique? We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that “quality of life” means different things to different people, but we are very confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic in the “Upper Valley” of New Hampshire is a line on the ski mountain at the chair lift.

Read more about Dartmouth Health and why YOU should work here.

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth Health Children’s; member hospitals, and 30 Dartmouth Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

Practitioner

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
• Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
• Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
• Engages in the governance of practice.

Leader/Decision Maker

• Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
• Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
• Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
• Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.

Scientist

• Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
• Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.

Transferor

• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
• Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.