Registered Nurse, Dsu

Responsibilities

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi‑facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170‑bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more.

• Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

The Day Surgery RN opportunity is part‑time, offers full benefits and a convenient schedule. We are looking for a dynamic individual to provide direct and indirect patient care in the DSU and PHA (pre‑operative holding area) environment. The RN will communicate with physicians, the Nurse Manager and director/co‑workers as appropriate about changes in the patient’s clinical condition, results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology.

The RN must respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment, and perform general nursing duties in all departments with adequate supervision.

• Perform a head‑to‑toe assessment on all patients and reassess as per policy, including pediatric, geriatric and general populations.
• Assess and reassess pain, utilize pain management techniques, and educate patients and families regarding pain management.
• Establish plan of care as indicated by physician orders and condition.
• Treat patients and families with respect and dignity, identifying and addressing psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and spiritual needs.
• Act as liaison between administration, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers.
• Interact professionally with patients and families, involving them in the formation of the plan of care and discharge plan.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment.
• Competitive compensation and generous paid time off.
• Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans.
• 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan.
• Tuition reimbursement/repayment program.
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries.
• Additional information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:

• Current Nevada Registered Nurse licensure.
• Current ACLS and BLS certification.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.