RN - MedSurg

RN - MedSurg

The Community - Las Vegas, NV You likely know about the City of Las Vegas with its towering hotels and casinos, epic malls and amusement parks, thousands of tourist attractions, endless nights of gambling, shows, and fun, but have you ever dreamed of living in a place where most people only vacation for a few days? Here is your chance, and what you don't know about Las Vegas might surprise you. Many great different communities, school districts, parks, state of the art hospitals and healthcare facilities, and more make up the "other" side of Las Vegas that the tourists don't get to see. Nellis Air Force Base The "Home of the Fighter Pilot," Nellis Air Force Base is home to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, the largest and most demanding advanced air combat training mission in the world. At Nellis, we provide training for composite strike forces which include every type of aircraft in the Air Force inventory. Training is conducted in conjunction with air and ground units of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and air forces from our allied nations. The crews do not come to learn how to fly, but instead how to be the best combat aviators in the world.

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities:

• Determines the appropriate treatment setting and provides a variety of treatment modalities in an outpatient setting, which include psychopharmacology and the traditional interactive psychotherapies. Refers, coordinate and facilitates inpatient admissions for admission to psychiatric inpatient or partial hospitalization facilities.
• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
• Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
• Direct and supervise care provide by other healthcare professionals.
• Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
• Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization. Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing professional issues.
• Excellent oral communication skills for patient/family education and telephone triage of patients. Telephone and in-person assessment/evaluation includes the determination of optimal time and location for patient management (ER, clinic, homecare) and follow-up care as required. Prescribes and communicates treatment plans and patient teaching in accordance with established protocols. Collects and assesses significant patient history information and performs all necessary patient teaching.
• Excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity, including telephone contacts, in accordance with requirements.
• Skill in setting up, operating and monitoring specialized medical equipment such as cardiac monitoring devices, EKG units, oxygen analyzers, nebulizers, and other clinic specific equipment.
• Performs/assists with procedures such as bladder catheterizations, administration of oxygen, EKGs, phlebotomy and other unit specific procedures, in accordance with established protocols.
• Ensures for proper documentation of procedures and treatments.
• Participates in the orientation and training of newly assigned personnel, as appropriate. Ensures a safe work environment, employee safe work habits and patient safety IAW regulatory agencies, infection control policies, and process improvement initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree/Education: Associates or Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in any U.S. State or Territory.
• Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Experience : 2-3 years post RN in MedSurg
• Citizenship : U.S. citizenship.

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