Job Description:

New Graduate RN – Med/Surg

Start your nursing career with a team that is ready to help you learn, grow, and build confidence.

Good Samaritan Hospital is looking for a compassionate and motivated New Graduate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Med/Surg team. If you're preparing to begin your nursing career and want an environment where you can build a strong clinical foundation, develop your skills, and learn alongside experienced healthcare professionals, this could be the perfect place to start.

As a new graduate RN, you'll be automatically included in our year-long Nurse Residency Program, providing additional support and professional development throughout your first year as a nurse. The residency complements your hands-on experience as you make the transition from nursing school into professional practice.

Position Details

• Site: Good Samaritan Hospital
• FTE: 0.9
• Hours: 36 hours per week
• Shift: Varied
• Starting Pay: $37.45/hour

Build Your Nursing Foundation in Med/Surg

Med/Surg nursing is a great place to begin your nursing career. You'll care for patients with a variety of medical and surgical needs while developing valuable skills in assessment, prioritization, care coordination, patient education, communication, and clinical decision-making.

As a Med/Surg RN, you'll work closely with physicians, nurses, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team while assuming responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.

You'll use the nursing process, technology, therapeutic interventions, and evidence-based practices to provide individualized, high-quality care.

Essential Functions

Assess

Perform appropriate assessments of patients' physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communication, and developmental needs as appropriate. Gather and evaluate information from patients, families, physicians, nursing colleagues, support staff, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.

Plan

Use assessment findings and critical-thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plans of care. Engage patients, families, physicians, and the healthcare team in identifying goals, educational needs, and next steps. Help prepare patients for continued support through teaching, referrals, and appropriate follow-up.

Implement

Provide and appropriately delegate care consistent with individualized plans of care, clinical guidelines, and professional licensure requirements. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team while developing your ability to prioritize patient needs, manage your time, and coordinate care effectively.

Evaluate

Evaluate patient responses to interventions by reviewing clinical outcomes, progress toward established goals, and patient and family satisfaction. Revise the plan of care and reassess patients as their needs or conditions change.

Professionalism

Develop your professional nursing practice while contributing to a collaborative and respectful care environment. Integrate legal, ethical, and regulatory standards into your work, practice within the scope of licensure, and maintain accurate and timely documentation.

Skills You'll Develop and Use

• Patient Care Delivery
• Nursing Fundamentals
• Patient Assessment and Evaluation
• Critical Thinking
• Patient Care Coordination
• Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration
• Communication
• Documentation
• Accountability
• Professional Etiquette

Minimum Qualifications

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Colorado
• Valid compact licenses must be transferred to Colorado within 60 days of the start of employment.
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
  

Your First Year Matters

Your first nursing position is more than your first job. It's where you begin building the clinical skills, confidence, and professional foundation that will carry with you throughout your nursing career.

At Good Samaritan Hospital, you'll gain hands-on experience caring for a diverse Med/Surg patient population while being automatically included in a year-long Nurse Residency Program designed to support your transition into professional nursing practice.

Bring your passion for nursing, your willingness to learn, and your commitment to providing excellent patient care. We'll help you build what comes next.

Apply today and start your nursing career in Med/Surg at Good Samaritan Hospital.

#NewGradRN

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Good Samaritan Hospital

Work City:

Lafayette

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$37.45 - $57.29

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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