RN - Inpatient

Location

1202 Highway 60 Socorro, NM 87801‑3914

Minimum Offer $41.58 per hour – Maximum Offer $56.10 per hour

Utilizes the nursing process to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients during a shift. Ensures safe, effective, patient‑centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care of patients.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff safety wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

PRN. FTE: 0.00. Job exempt:
No.

Work shift:

varied days and hours (United States).

• Acts as clinical resource by overseeing the delivery of patient care, directing and delegating patient care assignments to home health aides and nursing staff based on acuteness of patient care needs and staff capability, and anticipating future needs
• Maintains clinical competence in providing direct patient care, evaluating outcomes, consulting with other specialists as required, and adjusting nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care
• Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient, family, all other disciplines, primary and secondary physicians, and community resources/programs
• Demonstrates knowledge, philosophy and provides support to patients and their families
• Ensures that patients understand their rights and responsibilities, advanced directives, and the meaning of informed consent during the admission process
• Assesses and directs patient and family teaching needs and is proficient in the use of return demonstration and teaching aids in the home setting
• Maintains professional responsibility for knowledge of current nursing research, practice standards, guidelines, and protocols, and hospital policies, procedures, and programs to improve patient care quality
• Maintains proficiency in the use of all equipment used in practice
• Effectively communicates and assists other members of the nursing team and/or other disciplines
• Actively participates in problem solving and conflict resolution to maintain team cohesiveness
• Performs on‑call duties effectively with the ability to triage patients over the phone and visit when needed
• Directs own educational needs for the top 10 ICD‑9 codes and/or diagnoses including diabetes, wounds/post‑surgical, arthritis, newborns, Coumadin dependency, malnutrition/ nutrition needs, medication instruction, pain, and symptom control/hospice care
• Supervises the home health aides in compliance with Medicare/Medicaid rules and regulations
• Performs other functions as required

• Licensure:
  State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License or Graduate Nurse Permit required
• Academic preparation:
  Degree from an accredited academic nursing program (conditional status requires approval by system CNO)

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug‑free and tobacco‑free employer with smoke‑free campuses.

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.