Location: Tuba City, AZ Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Type: Tribal Salary Range: $33 to $52 / Per Hour Open Period: 12/22/2023 to 9/29/2024 Summary: ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY **** SIGN-ON BONUS **** *** LRP Options & Excellent Benefits ** Subsidized Housing available LOCATION AND LIFESTYLE: • Live and work on the beautiful Navajo Reservation, near national parks and forests, canyon country, ski area a day trip away • The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment and a rewarding career in an underserved area • Easy drive to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Snowbowl ski area, Las Vegas • Easy access to hiking, biking, fishing, skiing • Excellent work/life balance • Very close, collaborative professional staff The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community.
Responsible for providing nursing care to pre-operative and post-operative patients involving standardized procedures requiring knowledge and consideration of specific patient conditions and treatments. Provides nursing care in the various clinical areas, which require the full range of professional nursing proficiency from admission through discharge planning. This includes assessing the needs of patients with a wide variety of illnesses, administering medication, operating special equipment, and responding appropriately to emergency situations. Follows guidelines that include doctor's orders, standards of care, nursing policies and procedures manuals, and hospital policies. Duties: 1. Interviews, assesses, and observes surgery patients during post-operative phase. 2. Initiates treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of physicians' pre- and post-op orders, standing orders and post anesthesia protocol. 3. Monitors patients having surgical procedure under local anesthesia by assessing cardiopulmonary, respiratory and hemodynamic status and pain levels. Responsible for independent management of patients undergoing local anesthesia. 4. Records observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, and other data relevant to surgical patients. 5. Develops individualized patient care plans or participates in patient care planning which involves the assessment and evaluation of patient needs, a determination of the nursing procedures and practices to be included; and periodic evaluation of plans to ensure that intended results are being achieved. 6. Carries out treatments and emergency or other procedures required; administers medications; observes and documents patient's conditions, changes and reactions to medications and medical treatment. 7. Utilizes the AORN Standards of Care to develop, implement, evaluate nursing plan of care for the post-operative patient. 8. Maintains professional knowledge and proficiency in nursing through continuing education, staff meetings, workshops and serving on nursing committees. 9. Provides counseling and teaching to patients and families or surrogates on preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures involved in health care. 10. Knowledge of normal growth, development and life cycle changes. This also includes knowledge of the physical, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of the group for which care is provided. 11. Knowledge of assessment practices related to pain management and various treatment modalities of pain relief. 12. Knowledge of pharmaceuticals in order to recognize the desired effects, side effects and complications on their use. 13. Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms which are not always apparent and to react promptly in emergency situations including the implementation of life saving procedures. 14. Knowledge of human behavior during stressful situations in order to exercise emotional control, tact, patience and reliability in carrying out patient care. 15. Responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role. 16. Ensure proper PPE is always worn while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator or higher, if available), and eye or face shield. 17. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates) 18. Complete task training for all routine cleaning and decontamination processes for all surfaces contaminated by a communicable disease to ensure a high level of patient, visitor, employee and external customer satisfaction. 19. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Education: Associate or Bachelor Degree in Nursing Licensure/Certification: • A valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States • Must have and maintain a current valid certification of the following throughout employment: o Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association o Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association o Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from the American Heart Association, required within ninety (90) days of hire Experience: Minimum of one (1) year of experience within a critical care setting (PACU, ICU, or ED) Work Type: Permanent, Full Announcement #: 2023-1233 Who May Apply? All Groups of Qualified Individuals Get Details & Apply: https://careers-tchealth.icims.com/jobs/1233/clinical-nurse---pacu/job?mode=view Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov