Registered Nurse - Med/Surg



Registered Nurse - Med/Surg

Salary

$30.58 - $47.41 Hourly

Location

Las Vegas, NV

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

17-67066

Department

1400 MS - 6088

Opening Date

03/23/2018

Closing Date

3/30/2018 5:00 PM Pacific

Position Summary



 
Position Summary:
Provides care to adult or elderly patients experience general medical conditions or general surgical procedures, which require general assessments related to specific conditions and general therapies and interventions.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience:
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and meets the requirements as specified in the Nursing Administrative Policy #PP-101.

Licensing/Certification Requirements:
Current License by the Nevada State Board of Nursing to Practice as a Registered Nurse, and Basic Life support (BLS) certification. In the Oncology area a Chemotherapy Certification is required.

Additional and/or Preferred Position Requirements

Preferred:
Minimum One (1) Year Recent Experience as an RN in Acute Care or Similar Facility.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of:
Nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and coordination of patient care); anatomy and physiology; standards of care; disease process; medical equipment; patient care plan development; patient evaluation and assessment techniques; body mechanics used with ambulating, transferring and repositioning patients; how to use general office equipment including, but not limited to: facsimiles, copiers, telephones and computers; pharmacology and medication administration; Nurse Practice Act; department and hospital safety practice and procedures; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.

Skill in:
Implementing nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation; working with high risk or critically ill patients; performing invasive nursing procedures associated with area of specialty; developing and implementing education programs associated with specialty; organizing, prioritizing and delegating work; using computers and related software applications; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment, including stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time, and strength to examine and treat varied patients, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada offers a benefits package that leads the market and includes:
 
  • Employer Paid Pension Plan totaling 28% of your annual salary!
  • Vestment in the pension plan after 5 years of qualifying employment!
  • Consolidated Annual Leave (CAL) - CAL is used for personal leave, holidays (eleven scheduled holidays per year), doctor appointments, vacation, and sick days up to 16 consecutive scheduled work hours (short term sick leave), etc. Eligible employees shall accrue CAL at the following rates. Part-time accrual is based on the number of paid benefit hours.

 

Length of Service 
Rate of Accrual per 80 hours worked
Days per year (based on 8-hour day)
 
0 – 12 months 
0-90 days                  >    3.077 hours*
*Upon completion of the 90th day of employment, the employee's CAL bank will be credited with an additional 12 hours.
91 days – 12 months >     5.2769 hours**
**Upon completion of the twelfth month of employment the employee's CAL bank will be credited with an additional 80 hours.
 27 days
 
13 months – 48 months
8.3077 hours
27 days
  • Credit Union Eligibility
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
  • Comprehensive Group Health Insurance Plan
  • Nevada has no State Income Tax
  • No Social Security Deduction
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

01
I understand that all answers to the experience questions below must be supported by my documented work history on the application. Per instructions at the beginning of this process, we can not accept your resume in lieu of a completed application. If you are a current or previous UMC employee, your UMC experience must be updated/added to the work history part of your application to be considered.
  • Yes
  • No
02
UMC is a Union facility and all shifts are bid on by seniority in the department. The shift available to fill is usually a night shift position. Are you available to work the night shift?
  • Yes
  • No
03
Have you documented a minimum of one (1) year recent RN Acute Care experience in a similar facility?
  • Yes
  • No
04
On a typical shift, how many patients are you assigned to provide direct patient care for? Please include the acuity level and either illness or disease process of these patients.
05
Please select the option that best describes your experience discontinuing PICC lines.
  • Theoretical - training and observation
  • Practical - have discontinued PICC lines on patients
06
Please selec the option that best defines your experience with Chest tubes.
  • Theoretical - training and observation
  • Practical - have experience providing direct care to patients with chest tubes
07
A patient has a Foley Catheter, what is the number one goal?
08
Have you worked with wound vacs?
  • Yes
  • No

Required Question

Agency
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Address
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102