Nephrology

Registered Nurse

Creating life better here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

The Registered Nurse is a sincerely caring and compassionate professional and assumes accountability in utilizing the nursing process to provide dynamic patient management.

Required behaviors: As you go about fulfilling this mission your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust Personal Reverence Thoughtful Anticipation Team Accountability and Creative Vitality.

Required qualifications:

• Current licensure by the State Board of Nursing of New Mexico or compact (multi-state) license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• Must meet the requirements for obtaining and maintaining life support certifications as outlined in the Life Support Certification policy

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provides individualized patient care and maintains clinical competency appropriate for the area of practice
• Prioritizes patient care based on acuity and assures continuity of safe/effective care of patients
• Understands and follows policy and procedure in addition to meeting licensure requirements
• Responsive to current safety and quality initiatives and sustains improvement
• Builds productive interpersonal relationships in every encounter
• Demonstrates teamwork and delegates appropriately to other team members
• Actively participates in the department
• Proactively seeks continued growth and development
• Supports the philosophy of San Juan Regional Medical Center by facilitating the cooperation of the hospital staff in a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving
• Upholds established Core Values Standards of Practice Standards of Care philosophy and goals of the Nursing Department and organization
• Serves as a role model for staff by demonstrating a positive attitude and holistic approach to patient care and a commitment to the nursing process
• Assesses the patients condition and nursing needs utilizing the nursing process
• Is able to deliver interdisciplinary care to patients across the lifespan: OB/Peds through the nursing process of assessment planning intervention and evaluation and appropriately documents the care of assigned patients
• Sets expected outcomes/goals and prescribes appropriate nursing interventions in cooperation with the patient the patients family and/or the significant other
• Uses advanced and specialized knowledge and skills to proficiently assess plan implement evaluate and document the care of assigned patients
• Assesses the patient/family significant others educational needs and develops an appropriate plan to meet the needs as evidenced by documentation on the Patients Plan of Care
• Follows guidelines described in the Ethics and Compliance Code of Conduct Compliance Plan
• Demonstrates an understanding of DNV accrediting process as it pertains to his/her position and responsibilities and responds accordingly

Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMCs Service Standards into their daily work: Safety Courtesy Effectiveness and Stewardship.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical demands and environmental work conditions:

• Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance
• Must be able to walk stand bend squat climb kneel and twist frequently
• Must be able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds frequently
• Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids and meets OSHA training requirements

Special demands:

• Sets limits when dealing with angry hostile or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe respectful environment that will support the delivery of care
• Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families