Clinical Nurse (RN) Inpatient Ortho/Full-time

Description

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Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications:

  • Education: Graduate of an accredited program for Registered Nursing.

  • Certification/Licenses: Current New Mexico RN license or current Compact state license. BLS Certification required or within 2 weeks of hire date. All other required certifications must be obtained within 6 months of hire date. If the nurse has the required certifications at the time of hire, they must maintain the certifications and will not have a grace period to renew.

• Skills:

  • Current knowledge and skills appropriate to age/type of patient population served.

  • Knowledgeable and sensitive to patients' rights in the delivery of care.

  • Communicates in a clear, concise manner appropriate to the developmental age of the patient.

• Experience:

• Nature of Supervision:

  • Responsible to: Patient Care Director or Manager.

• Environment:

  • Bloodborne pathogen C (OR, PACU, L & D).

  • Bloodborne pathogen B (other Patient Care areas). Exposure to infectious diseases and x-rays.

Works in a clean, well-lighted, ventilated smoke-free environment. Subject to stressful professional relationships. Working hours are varied, with flexibility due to unexpected changes in schedule and emergencies.

• Physical Requirements: Must be able to handle emergency/crisis situations, prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing and walking. Requires heavy physical effort to position, push, and/or transfer patients or equipment and supplies. Requires considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching. Ability to judge distance and space relationships, see peripherally, distinguish and identify different colors. Hearing and visual acuity within normal or correctable limits. Manual dexterity and fine motor coordination required.

CHRISTUS Health is an international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system comprised of more than 600 services and facilities, including more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 350 clinics and outpatient centers, and dozens of other health ministries and ventures.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston and San Antonio and the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, the mission of CHRISTUS Health is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.

To support our healthcare ministry, CHRISTUS Health employs approximately 45,000 Associates and has more than 15,000 physicians on staff who provide care and support for patients. CHRISTUS Health is listed among the top ten largest Catholic health systems in the United States.

We are inspired by our mission, vision, and core values to deliver compassionate, high-quality health care, improving the health of the communities we serve. Above all, we are committed to providing our customers and their family members with a truly unique healing experience, one that embodies our values and respects the dignity and worth of each person. Creating a health care system that is truly excellent in all areas is an ongoing effort.