RN Surgical Services in Vernal, UT at Ashley Regional Medical Center
Posted on: 24 Feb 2021
Vernal, UT
Job Description
Job Description
Ashley Regional Medical Center
This position is responsible for providing direct care by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients in Short Stay, OR, Recovery, and Endo. Full time positon. Required to take call
* Prepares patient care area adequately and ensures availability of necessary equipment and supplies.
* Reviews and carries out physician orders timely and according to policy
* Exhibits proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal of IV catheters and saline locks.
* Checks dressings and/or operative site and reports abnormalities to the surgeon.
* Prepares and administers medications in accordance with current practice
* Demonstrates thorough understanding of medications utilized intra and poster operatively and recognizes the need for use of reversal drugs, when necessary.
* Assures that patient meets all discharge criteria
* Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
* Communicates, collaborates, and coordinates with team members to provide quality patient care and to ensure positive patient outcomes.
* Ensures Infection Control standards are maintained at all times.
* Attends all meetings and huddles.
* Addresses staff, physician, patient, and family concerns immediately and makes director aware.
Ashley Regional Medical Center is a Joint Commission accredited 39-bed hospital that is committed to serving our growing community with the highest quality services. Our hospital has been named a Top 100 Rural Hospitals in America.
Located in Vernal, Utah, known as an outdoor paradise. From Flaming Gorge Reservoir to the primitive areas of the Uinta Mountains, outdoor recreation is at your doorstep. Fishing, hunting, biking, camping, golfing, water sports, cross country skiing, white water rafting are just a few of the activities that this diverse landscape has to offer. All of this centrally located between Salt Lake and Denver.
Job Requirements
Must be a licensed RN to work in the State of Utah
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification required within 6 months
At least 2 years of nursing experience preferred
LifePoint Health is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
LifePoint Health, Inc.
Brentwood, TN
Across our network and at our Health Support Center, we are united by a shared mission and vision, core values and guiding principles that drive everything we do and inform our approach to patient care, quality and how we do busine. We know that to achieve our vision of creating places where people choose to come for healthcare, physicians want to practice and employees want to work, we must organize around the right strategies. At LifePoint, our strategies are simple and enduring.
Our Operating Groups
LifePoint's facilities and practices are divided into four operating divisions: Eastern, Central, Mountain and Western. Each of these divisions has a leadership team that mirrors a hospital's leadership team, including a president and dedicated physician and provider leadership resources.
Our Health Support Center
Our Health Support Center (HSC), in Brentwood, Tennessee, has subject matter expertise in every area of healthcare operations and provider services. The HSC is organized to bring resources to bear across the continuum of care, from before a patient accesses healthcare services to after they are sent home, while keeping quality and compliance at the center.
On a daily basis, our group leaders and subject matter experts are working with our local markets to help develop and implement the right strategies that ensure healthcare thrives in their communities.
Our Physicians
Physicians are a critical access point to care in our communities. We work to build and maintain collaborative relationships with both our employed physicians and a broad network of affiliated providers, and we provide a full spectrum of practice management and physician support to help secure the delivery of quality care today and for the future.
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