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Nucleus Healthcare is seeking an Orthopedic Registered Nurse (RN) to join a prestigious academic health system in Columbia, MO, offering an extensive benefits package.
Not only is the health system a top place to work in healthcare, but it also values the importance of work-life balance and professional growth for its employees. Take the next step in your career and thrive in an environment where you are respected, challenged, and offered endless opportunities to define your career path!
Benefits that matter.
- This position qualifies for bonus opportunities such as a sign-on, relocation, or retention bonus. Incentive amounts vary Up To $20,000. Contact a Nucleus recruiter for more information.
- Paid-for tuition from the local top-rated university.
- Up to 75% for you and 50% for spouses and children
- Retirement options including 100% match Up To 8%
- 100% paid leave for parents and caregivers for Up To four weeks – effective January 2024
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including mental wellness support.
- 4 Personal Days, 12 Sick Days, 17 PTO days for 0-5 years, and 22 PTO days for 5+ years
Basic Function & Responsibility:
- This position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, implement clinical nursing interventions to modify symptoms, and develop and implement patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes and ensure a safe and therapeutic environment.
- This position may be required to access and administer medications within their scope of practice and according to state law.
Essential Functions:
- Assesses the patient's condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient, including discharge planning.
- Assesses, intervenes, and reassesses the patient's self-report/symptoms of pain promptly. Utilizes an appropriate tool for assessment and reassessment (0-10 numerical scale, FACES, or the FLACC.)
- Demonstrates an understanding of medications with regards to action and side effects. Reports pertinent information to appropriate individual. Educates patients and significant others about their medications.
- Demonstrates the ability to evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions in accomplishing goals and intended patient care outcomes.
- Maintain the standards of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing unit.
- Participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups. Full understanding of the attendance and punctuality guidelines, and adhere to the dress code.
- Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person (i.e. physicians, head nurse, charge nurse, and/or nursing supervisor) and records those observations accurately and concisely.
- Provides quality care to patients and work with multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest patient satisfaction.
- May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.
Required Qualifications:
Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
One (1) year of acute care and/or operating room RN experience.
