Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Care (Orthopedics Clinic)

Retention Bonus: $3,000 based on experience!

You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.

Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area's largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are "big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you". We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Under the general direction of the physician, the RN delivers care to patients through assessment, education, and planning, while maintaining standards of professional nursing utilizing evidence-based practice. The RN will effectively interact with patients and their significant others to promote health, maintenance, and management in collaboration with physicians and other staff throughout the Firelands Health organization and medical persons in care of the patient.

Functions in the role of RN utilizing the nursing process. Applies nursing care as directed by physician and the clinic's policy and procedure.

Performs selected nursing duties, history and physical, vital signs, give injections and immunizations, assist physician(s) with examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments and provide direct patient care as ordered.

Educates the patient and caregiver(s) to encourage self-care as it relates to disease and medication management.

Interpret medical testing and medication appropriately per our policy if applicable. Documents all interventions, tests ordered and received, patient/family responses, medication dispensed or prescribed and related health information in the medical record

Collect and relay pertinent information to corresponding provider, drawing attention to any critical values.

Assist in the development and expansion of clinic services.

Recommendations and referrals of other Firelands resources such as mental health, cardiac/pulmonary rehab, sleep lab, and financial aid.

Graduate of an accredited program of professional nursing and possess a current license as a Registered Nurse from the State of Ohio. Current nursing experience.

Must be knowledgeable regarding the nursing process and its application, including the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. Firelands Health