Registered Nurse - Surgery
Santa Fe, NM
PRIDE Health
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse - Surgery (Travel Assignment)

Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Employment Type: Travel
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Days (6:30 AM – 3:00 PM)
Work Schedule: 5 days per week, 8 hours per day
Start Date: ASAP

Job Summary

• Independently practices nursing in the same or similar clinical setting.
• Provides routine and complex care with the ability to manage long-range goals and plans.
• Develops skills to manage clinical contingencies effectively.
• Makes appropriate assignments and delegates tasks to other care providers to manage clinical situations.

Responsibilities

• Meet applicable nursing competencies including leadership of self and others.
• Provide nursing care consistent with ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Address complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families.
• Administer medications and treatments per protocol, monitoring for side effects and effectiveness.
• Document patient history, symptoms, medications, and care provided.
• Assess learning needs and provide education to patients, families, and caregivers; identify issues and resources.
• Float between primary assignment location and main campus as staffing needs require.
• No weekend requirement, but voluntary call coverage at main campus is possible.
• No formal on-call requirement; however, staff may need to stay if cases run past scheduled block time.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Mexico
• Minimum 1 year of Operating Room experience within the last year
• BLS Certification issued by the American Heart Association
• ACLS Certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)