Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical/Surgical Opportunities: Renown Health

Whoever said you can't have it all never heard of Washoe Health!

Washoe Health System, nestled at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Reno, Nevada, is a community based, not-for-profit, 529-bed, Level 2 trauma medical center and integrated health system. With the addition of our new Critical Care Tower, scheduled for completion in Spring 2007, we are rapidly expanding our state-of-the-art facility to include another 300+ beds. Honored in 2004 as a Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Network, we're seeking passionate, caring, and highly skilled nurses to fill the growing demand for medical care in our booming area and become a part of our journey towards Magnet status. We offer superior benefit and salary packages, relocation assistance and a balance to your work and home life.

As the largest healthcare provider in Northern Nevada, Washoe Health is proud to offer careers that allow you the room to grow both personally and professionally. Within the Med-Surg unit alone nurses have the opportunity to work in and explore:

• Centralized Admissions
• General Surgery
• Medical Nephrology
• Neurosciences
• Oncology
• Orthopaedics

In addition to our highly acclaimed medical system, we're not shy when it comes to bragging about the awe inspiring natural surroundings, rich culture and unparalleled quality of life of the Reno/Tahoe area. In fact, the Reno/Tahoe area was recently rated # 9 in "Best Places to Live in the U.S." for its great weather, unmatched year-round recreational activities and a thriving economy which all serve to make the Reno/Tahoe area a desired community in which to live, work, and play.

Position Purpose

Under the general direction of the Supervisor/Manager and Shared Governance Body, this position provides optimal patient care utilizing knowledge and skills within the context of the nursing process and the theory of human caring. The incumbent is accountable for individualized patient outcomes over an entire episode of care. This position is challenged to diagnose and treat human responses to health problems. The incumbent must provide optimal patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and families. The incumbent must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meets standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards incumbent must possess a polite, positive attitude while dealing with customers of all ages, social, cultural and economic backgrounds. When possible, the family or those significant to the family are considered as part of the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation efforts of the registered nurse (RN). The RN coordinates care between other professionals as needed. Intensive, continuous critical thinking is required to provide optimally safe patient care when interacting with internal and external contacts and exercising judgment and making decisions.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Appropriate education to obtain and maintain Registered Nursing licensure in the State

of Nevada. Requires the ability to read, write and speak English.

License(s)/ Certification(s):