Pre​/Post Op RN – Surgical Services

At Powell Valley Healthcare, providing quality healthcare to our community is our top priority. We are located in the heart of Powell, Wyoming; just 25 miles outside of Cody. We believe in creating positive and safe environments for both our patients and our staff. Being part of our organization means becoming a cornerstone in the patient experience and their care.

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Long term disability coverage
• PTO – New employees accrue the equivalent of up to twenty days of PTO within their first calendar year
• EIB (Extended Illness Bank) – Our version of accrued sick leave
• Nine paid holidays which includes two personal holidays
• Tuition Savings Plan
• Opportunities to cash out PTO for personal use, student loan payments, and in-house medical bills
• Tuition reimbursement – up to $5,000 per year
• Fun to be Fit program and Club Dauntless Membership Discount
• HRA – Flex spending accounts

One full‑time position, on call required (40hrs/week).

Applicant must live within 30 miles of the facility.

• Prepares and updates a plan of care for each patient/resident using the nursing process.
• Gathers subjective and objective data through the performance of a nursing history and physical assessment as well as the gathering of information from the chart and other members of the Health Care Team.
• Establishes short and long‑term goals and interventions to be used to meet the goals.
• Evaluates patient response to care provided and documents the care and response to care in a concise, legible manner using the format designated by departmental protocols or appropriately in electronic medical record.
• Develops a discharge plan upon admission and throughout the stay in collaboration with patient and/or family, physician, and other Health Care Team Members.
• Identifies learning needs of the patient and/or family, assesses the ability of patient and/or family member to learn and readiness. Provides educational materials and experiences that will meet the educational, developmental, functional and or ethnic needs of the patient or family.
• Provides an accurate account of patient/resident status to others responsible for the patient’s/resident’s care to help ensure continuity of care.
• Evaluates nursing practice and nursing environment and contributes to the development of high standards to ensure quality care.
• Responds to change in patient/resident care assignments and delegates patient/resident care safely and effectively.
• Demonstrates competency in psychosocial and psychomotor aspects of nursing.
• Implements nursing actions by either direct care or delegation of that responsibility, based on level of acuity and individual patient need.
• Understands and reacts effectively to unique needs of patients whose age may range from premature infant to elderly adult.
• Implements the plan of care by provision of direct care or by delegation, based on the acuity of the patient/resident, the functional or developmental age of the patient/resident, and by the competencies exhibited by the nurse.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. This position may require one year or more of clinical experience in Medical/surgical nursing or in a special clinical area.
• Registered Nurse, licensed in the State of Wyoming.
• BLS for Healthcare Provider.
• Other certificates as required by position’s clinical area.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, compute rate, ratio, and percent in order to accurately determine medication dosages and establish accurate intravenous rates.
• Knowledgeable in metric and household measurements and can convert from one system to the other as needed.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Competency in basic computer skills through the capacity to learn and apply electronic applications.
• Work with confused or combative patients/residents.
• Read and comprehend simple instructions and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Speak and document…