RN Clinic

Penrose Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs seeks a Clinic RN to promote patient engagement, coordinate care, and collaborate with the healthcare team in ambulatory cardiology. You will apply nursing process to maximize safety and outcomes in a clinic setting.

Requirements include an Associate Degree in Nursing, current RN license, and BLS certification. Cardiology experience and a Bachelor’s degree are preferred, with ability to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally and up to 20 lbs frequently.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited school.
• Current RN license/License from a participating state (NCLEX-based).
• BLS through American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Evaluate patient's response and intervene to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient care plans with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competence in IV therapy, wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Provide patient/family education and assess learning readiness.
• Document status, interventions, and outcomes accurately and timely.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, and support decision-making.

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Job description

Where You'll Work

Penrose Cardiology Clinic

2222 North Nevada Avenue

Suite 510

Colorado Springs, CO 80907

CommonSpirit Medical Group (CMG) offers providers a true opportunity to live their calling to care while experiencing the support of a built-in comprehensive network, vast resources, professional growth, trusted leadership, generous benefits and an amazing quality of life with locations in Colorado, Kansas and Utah. CMG is proud to connect providers and consumers through state-of-the-art technology, clinical resources and professional expertise to help people live healthier. Our coordinated services represent a full continuum of care - from preventive and early diagnoses to leading-edge treatment and life-saving critical care. CMG's ability to deliver better health care value is the direct result of combining the best clinical tools, shared resources and medical expertise with a patient-centered approach that emphasizes CommonSpirit Mountain Region's mission and commitment to quality, compassion and service.

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.

• Assess 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
• Cardiology experience