Clinical Nurse; Inpatient

PLEASE NOTE - This position may require temporarily relocation to other TONHC Facilities:
Sells Hospital, Santa Rosa Health Center, San Simon Health Center, and San Xavier Health Center.

Incumbent provides comprehensive nursing care to acutely ill medical, obstetric, and pediatric patients of the Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care Sells Hospital.

This position is within the Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care at the Sells Hospital in the Division of Nursing Services as assigned. This position involves providing direct care to patients in hospitals. In addition, the employee is assigned to the inpatient unit and works under the general supervision of the Supervisory Clinical Nurse.

(Depending on the area of assignment, an incumbent may not be required to perform some of the duties listed below):

• Under the Supervisory Nurse Specialist's direction, the RN provides comprehensive nursing care to acutely ill and long-term or medical, obstetric, and pediatric patients.
• Observes patients ' changing conditions to formulate and update plans for care consistent with recognized nursing standards and in accordance with prescribed medical treatments.
• Record all patient care in the electronic health record and other data relevant to the patient's care accurately, efficiently, and timely.
• Share all appropriate clinical measures, pertinent patient information with the inpatient care team.
• Consult with Charge RN or provider on all unusual findings to determine an appropriate plan of care.
• Interpret data obtained from observations, examinations, monitored findings, and lab values.
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and provides appropriate care interventions established by licensure, standards of practice, and clinic Proactive in communicating with the multidisciplinary care team members in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care needs.
• Administer prescribed oral medications, hypodermic injections, Intravenous (IV) fluid, blood transfusions, and oxygen therapy.
• Performs intravenous cannula insertion for IV therapy and venipuncture for blood draws.
• Prepares, administers, and monitors prescribed IV medications, utilizing the regulatory infusion pumps as appropriate.
• Supervises the serving of meals and nourishments and ensures that dietary needs are met for each patient.
• Perform nursing procedures such as nasal-pharyngeal and gastric suction, the insertion of an NG tube, urinary catheterization, chest physical therapy, non-stress test, fetal monitoring,
• Ensure patient data collection and documentation, including temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, intake and output, medication effects, and subjective and objective symptoms.
• As appropriate, report all pertinent information to the Medical Officer, Charge Nurse, Nurse Specialist, and inpatient Nursing Coordinator.
• Supervise the preparation of patients for tests, examinations, treatments, and surgery.
• Prepares and reviews records for completeness and performs necessary patient teaching.
• Utilizes diversified professional concepts and practices while performing procedures, treatments, and tasks related to specialty areas, such as orthopedics, neurosurgery, pediatrics, urology, neurology, hematology, oncology,
• Ensure consults and referrals follow through a system for approval and appointments are scheduled in a timely manner.
• Participates in discharge planning by assessing patient needs, making necessary referrals, and involving the family in the process.
• Complies and Participates with mandatory educational programs, unit in-services, and staff meetings.
• Participates in committees such as infection control, quality council, and safety as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of the Tohono O'odham culture, customs, and traditions.
• Knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures applied to ambulatory Care and the Inpatient Department.
• Knowledge and experience in anatomy and physiology, basic pathophysiology, and the ability to work independently in completing nursing care assignments.
• Skill and ability to…