RN Clinic

CommonSpirit Health; Garden City (KS); On-site; USD 39,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Clinic RN in Garden City, Kansas to join our ambulatory care team. You will support patient engagement and self-management through nursing care, care coordination, and collaboration with the healthcare team.

You will perform nursing assessments, develop care plans, administer treatments, and educate patients and families while upholding the State Nurse Practice Act and confidentiality standards.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited school.
• Current RN license in applicable state or NLC.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association.
• Ability to exert up to 50 lbs of force occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Evaluate patient status and intervene to optimize outcomes.
• Develop and implement care plans with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in IVs, wound care, meds, catheterization, and specimens.
• Educate patients and families, assess learning readiness, and document progress.
• Teach and evaluate teaching effectiveness; protect patient rights and ensure chart accuracy.
• Document interventions and outcomes; use IT for communication and decision support.

Skills

Ambulatory care

Case management

Care coordination

Patient education

EMR systems

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Clinic RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patients/families, utilizing best practices to maximize patient engagement and self-management efforts.

Every day you will promote the optimal health, well-being, and safety of patients through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, all while demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and organizational mission.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with strong clinical nursing acumen in ambulatory care, knowledge of community health concepts, and expertise in case management and care coordination.

• Assesses patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.

• Evaluates patient's response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.

• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.

• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including but not limited to IV's, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.

• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.

• Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching. Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient. Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.

• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in accurate, timely manner.

• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decisionmaking.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associate Degree in Nursing Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

• Current state RN license/ Current RN license from a participating state in National Licensure Compact

• BLS through American Heart Association

• Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly

Preferred

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing

• One (1) year experience

Where You'll Work

St. Catherine Hospital, located in Garden City, Kansas, was founded by two pioneering physicians and the Dominican Sisters. They created and maintained the spirit that has enabled St. Catherine Hospital employees to develop a thriving health care facility unlike any other in southwest Kansas. Like many of the families and businesses in our community, our roots run deep - 85 years of excellence and counting. Residents of Garden City enjoy life in a relaxed, small-town (population approx. 30,000) with a zoo, several parks, golf courses, modern shopping and more.

Pay Range

$28.08 - $43.75 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.