RN Clinic

St Catherine Hospital Garden City; Garden City (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Catherine Hospital Garden City in Garden City, KS is seeking a Clinic RN to collaborate with the healthcare team and patients to maximize engagement and self-management.

The RN will promote health, safety, and quality care following the nursing process, state practice act, and organizational mission. Ambulatory care experience and strong clinical nursing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing is required.
• Current state RN license or National Licensure Compact license is required.
• BLS through American Heart Association is required.
• Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, up to 20lbs frequently, and up to 10lbs constantly.
• Bachelor Degree in Nursing is preferred.
• One year of experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation and chart review.
• Evaluate patient responses and intervene to optimize outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient plans of care with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide teaching and education to patients and families and assess learning readiness.
• Document status, interventions, and outcomes in the medical record.
• Communicate and collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure safe, quality care.

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.