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San Luis Valley Health is seeking Registered Nurses to join our Wound Care and Allergy/ENT Teams!
What You'll Have:
Current Colorado Registered Nurse license, required upon hire.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, required upon hire.
Minimum one (1) year experience as R.N., or previous experience as a L.P.N. in a clinic setting, preferred.
What You'll Do:
Performing selected nursing duties, history and nursing assessment, vital signs and weights. Recognizes and ensures patients with urgent and emergent situations are seen immediately.
Will be able to perform and complete the Position Specific Competency Assessment Checklist.
Recognizes the need for and initiates action in emergencies. Initiates and/or assists with emergency measures involving sudden changes in patient's condition.
Maintains efficiency i Physician Services by taking responsibility for conducting smooth and expeditious patient flow: Placing patients in rooms, seeing that patients are taken in order, obtaining necessary equipment for examinations, initiating mechanisms to obtain missing reports vital to patient care and directing patients to other areas.
Assists the physicians/mid-level provider with examinations, diagnostic, treatments and minor office procedures. Administer injections and immunizations. If IV Certified, administers IV fluids and medications as directed by the physician.
Acts of one of the initial representatives of Physician Services to patients, families and visitors using a caring, considerate and helpful approach.
Documents all interventions, patient/family responses, medication administered, dispensed or prescribed, third-party payer referrals, pre-authorizations, patient phone calls and pharmacy calls in the patient's medical record.
We Take Care of Our People
As the largest employer in the San Luis Valley, we commit to providing our employees with quality and affordable benefits to complement a fulfilling work experience and help balance life experiences and needs. To show our appreciation of your hard work, we offer a competitive and comprehensive total benefits package, including:
Full medical, dental and vision plans to suit the needs of you and your family, with low-cost copays and deductibles, all without high out-of-pocket expenses.
No out-of-pocket cost forAirMedCare Network Membership for those enrolled in a SLV Health medical plan.
Enjoy 21 days of Paid Time Off in your first year and a generous Sick Leave program, with accruals starting on your first day!
Start saving with Retirement plans available from day one, providing up to 5% employer match after one year of employment.
Free life and disability insurance benefits for full-time employees with the opportunity to purchase additional coverage at low costs.
Add to your benefit package with a variety of voluntary benefits such as identity theft protection, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts and more.
Take care of yourself with our free on-site 24-hour employee health center, and discounts to a selection of local fitness/recreational centers.
Keep learning by utilizing our education program benefits to foster your growth and development.
Give back to the community with multiple opportunities throughout the year to volunteer with our own non-profit SLV Health Foundation and other SLV- and community-sponsored events.
Discounts on cell-phone plans, ski/snowboard lift tickets, Dell computers, local pools, Adams State University functions and more!
Your family is our family so our employees and their family members have access to our employee support services, including up to four free counseling sessions to assist with work/life solutions.
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San Luis Valley Health is a regional health provider serving the San Luis Valley, Colorado and beyond. In addition to our state-of-the-art hospital located in Alamosa, we also operate clinics throughout the Valley and another hospital in Conejos County.
We are proud to offer talented, experienced caregivers using the most advanced techniques and technology, along with a genuine sense of caring. Our patient-centered medical home is more than just a building; rather, it is a team of health care professionals providing comprehensive and continuous medical care.
We are located in the heart of the San Luis Valley in south central Colorado. Our fully accredited 49-bed hospital provides outstanding care for those in need of general Medical/Surgical, Intensive Care and OB hospital services.