Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse at University of New Mexico - Hospitals summary:

This Registered Nurse (RN) role involves providing specialized patient care across diverse age groups while serving as a clinical instructor and unit educator. The position emphasizes educational leadership, development of evidence-based care plans, patient safety, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Additional responsibilities include medication administration, staff training, and maintaining clinical skills alongside facilitating student nurse training.

Sign-On Bonus Available

Relocation Assistance Available

Additional $6.00/hr safety Incentive Pay

Minimum Offer

$ 34.32/hr.

Maximum Offer

$ 46.82/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: MDC - Medical

FTE: 1.00
Full Time

Shift: Days

Position Summary:

Function as unit educator, master teacher, master preceptor and facilitates evidenced-based research into specialized areas of nursing. Utilize the expertise of a practitioner to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for a specialized group of patients. Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit.

Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies, procedures and guidelines. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:

* LEAD - Provide educational leadership to enhance specialized patient care within clinical protocols

* INITIATE - Initiate unit-based strategies for developing clinical skills through the master clinician, master preceptor model

* PERFORM - Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit

* PLAN - Develop patient plans of care incorporating evidenced-based research and national standards

* CONSULTS - Consult with and serve as a clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care

* EDUCATE - Educate appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for their service; coordinates in-service training/workshops for appropriate staff

* ASSIST - Assist patient and caregivers with educational needs, problem solving, and health management aspects across the continuum of care

* COLLABORATE - Collaborate with the Clinical Educator as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialty RN, or Unit Director to plan and implement pertinent curricula

* MONITOR - Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to ensure quality standards and parameters are achieved

* PATIENT CARE - Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients, providing specialized patient care within nursing protocols and assisting the admission, transfer and discharge process performing all RN nursing duties

* DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops

* PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols

* PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes

* PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk

* PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner

* PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

* MEDICATION - Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings

* PATIENT CARE - Write treatment plans; coordinate patient drug and procedure activities; administer medication and treatment; provide and coordinate nursing care of assigned patients; may facilitate group therapy and/or education sessions

Education:

Essential:

* Bachelor's Degree

Nonessential:

* Master's Degree

Education specialization:

Essential:

* BSN or MSN

Nonessential:

* Nursing

Experience:

Essential:
18 months directly related experience

Nonessential:
Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo 3 years directly related experience

Credentials:
Essential:

* CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days

* RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM

* Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications w/in 90 Days

Nonessential:

* Current Instructor in BLS, ACLS, NRP or other instruct cert
Credential equivalent experience:
Essential:

* Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications or…