RN Ortho Med Surg

HCA Healthcare; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green, KY, is seeking a Registered Nurse (Ortho) to provide direct patient care within the scope of the RN Practice Act. The role emphasizes therapeutic communication, safe environments, and interdisciplinary care planning with performance improvement involvement.

The RN will assess needs, carry out physician orders, administer medications, coordinate multidisciplinary care, educate patients and families, and deliver age- and culturally appropriate

Qualifications

• Current licensure within the state you live in through the Board of Nursing or Compact State
• Current certification as a BLS Healthcare Provider
• 1 year of RN experience

Responsibilities

• You will assess plans and evaluate patient care needs.
• You will carry out physician orders.
• You will administer prescribed medications, change dressings, clean wounds, and monitor vital signs.
• You will serve as primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
• You will instruct and educate patients and families.
• You will provide age and culturally appropriate care.

Skills

Therapeutic communication

Direct patient care

Education patients & families

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) RN Ortho with TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Registered Nurse performs direct patient care within the scope of the Registered Nurse Practice Act.

**Utilizes therapeutic communication in daily practice.Maintains a safe therapeutic environment.Identifiesnursing problems as they relate to the individual needs of the patient. Registered Nurse plans individualized patient care whileutilizingan interdisciplinary approach.Participates in performance improvement activities.Provides care and coordinates participation that fosters the goals of the hospital’s mission and vision statement.**

When acting inchargenurserole, registered nursesare responsible forday-to-day activities to ensure the delivery of quality patient care in a therapeutic environment.Make staff assignments based on patient need,acuityand the skill of the staff. Serve as role models and clinical resource for the staff.Respond in a timely manner to requests for information or follow-up with physician, staff or patient issues.

What you will do in this role:

• **You will assess plans and evaluate patient care needs.**

• **You will carry out physician orders.**

• **You will administer prescribed medications, change dressings, clean wounds, andmonitorvital signs.**

• **You will serve as primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.**

• **You will instruct and educate patients and families.**

• **You will provide age and culturallyappropriate care.**

What qualifications you will need:

• **Current licensure within the state you live in through the Board of Nursing or Compact State**

• **Current certification as a BLS Healthcare Provider.**

• **1 year of RN experience**

Benefits

TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital is a 200+ bed facility serving Southern Kentucky and surrounding areas. Recognized by the Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® , TriStar Greenview is a national leader in providing quality healthcare. Home of Kentucky's first CardioMEMS HF System , we are also an accredited chest pain center that provides state-of-the-art cardiac care to patients managing heart failure. The facility is also a Certified Primary Stroke Center.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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