Nurse Medical Surgical

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (RN) , you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• ASSESSMENT: The registered nurse completes initial patient assessment and reassessments as indicated by patient condition, and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• CRITICAL THINKING: The registered nurse demonstrates critical thinking by implementing the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation) and using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems, and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• PHYSICAL ABILITIES: The registered nurse has the physical ability to safely and effectively care for patient population assigned and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION: The registered nurse manages medication administration and intravenous (IV) access according to physician's orders and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• DOCUMENTATION: The registered nurse documents nursing care and patient status in accordance with the nursing process and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• COMMUNICATION: The registered nurse has communication abilities sufficient to promote patient and family centered care by interacting with patients, families, and care-delivery team in verbal and written form and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• PATIENT SAFETY: The registered nurse employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• QUALITY OF PRACTICE: The registered nurse systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice and delivery of patient care and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: The registered nurse attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice; and evaluates practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• ETHICS: The registered nurse integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• NURSE THEORIST: The registered nurse integrates Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring into practice and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE: The registered nurse integrates research findings into practice and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.
• LEADERSHIP: The registered nurse provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession and assures practices comply with human resources, policies/procedures, and professional standards.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• One (1) year experience as an RN in an acute care setting or successful completion of applicable clinical and didactic SRDH specialty training course(s)or program.
• Registered Nurse: NV
• Basic Life Support - CPR - American Heart Association
• NIHSS = NIH Stroke-AM Stroke ASC- Nat'l at hire/transfer
• Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing
• Two (2) years experience as an RN in an acute care setting
• Certification in Specialty Area

Where You'll Work

Hello Humankindness

Join Siena Hospital: Impacting Lives, Locally and Nationally

At Siena Hospital, you'll become an integral part of Dignity Health Nevada, the only not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system in the region. For over 70 years, guided by the Adrian Dominican Sisters' inspiring vision, we have proudly delivered compassionate, high-quality care to the Henderson and Las Vegas communities, always prioritizing the needs of the underserved.

Our modern Siena Campus, a 326-bed acute care hospital, opened in 2000. It significantly expanded the vital services initially established by our Rose de Lima Campus, effectively meeting the evolving healthcare needs of our growing community.

Your impact, however, extends far beyond our local communities. We are also a proud member of CommonSpirit Health, a national leader operating over 2,200 care sites across 24 states. This vast network provides unparalleled opportunities for professional growth, continuous learning, and making a profound difference on a grander scale, collectively impacting nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.

If you are driven by an unwavering commitment to social justice, passionate about achieving health equity for all, and eager to contribute your talents to new, innovative ways of delivering compassionate care within a deeply collaborative and supportive environment, then your search ends here. Welcome to Siena - and welcome to a career of meaningful impact.