RN - Orthopedic Clinic (PRN)
Sanford Health
Summary
Join our welcoming Orthopedic Clinic team, where you'll care for both pediatric and adult patients in a collaborative, patient-focused environment. Working closely with providers, you'll play an important role in helping patients regain mobility, recover from injuries, and improve their quality of life.
Job description
Department Details
Join our welcoming Orthopedic Clinic team, where you'll care for both pediatric and adult patients in a collaborative, patient-focused environment. Working closely with providers, you'll play an important role in helping patients regain mobility, recover from injuries, and improve their quality of life.
As an RN, you'll enjoy hands-on patient care and a variety of responsibilities, including:
- Assisting with dressing changes
- Staple and suture removal
- Brace fittings
- Order entry
- Preparing medications
- Opportunities to learn splinting and casting techniques
- Participation in councils and committees for those interested in becoming more involved
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. Family orientated schedule. No evenings, weekends or major holidays.
Summary
Answers patient inquiries over the telephone, assessing the severity of the patient's symptoms and medical needs according to triage algorithms.
Job Description
Guides the patient to the appropriate level of care; schedules patient appointments over the phone with appropriate healthcare providers/facilities/physicians. Documents information provided to patients during triage in health record systems; records patients health conditions for follow-up patient care. Maintains and develops triage protocols; ensures patients' healthcare information is updated on time. Role does answer inquiries through multiple variations of technology, depending on department. Educate patients based on calls that come in.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited nursing program preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in nursing preferred
- One year of healthcare experience preferred
- Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state
- Within first 30 days of employment, all requirements to obtain license needed for role is completed
- Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications
Benefits
- Day Shifts
- No evenings, weekends or major holidays
- Family orientated schedule
Company overview
Sanford Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the United States, operating as a nonprofit organization headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Founded in 1894, the organization has grown into a comprehensive health system with 44 medical centers, 482 clinics, and more than 200 senior living facilities across 26 states and nine countries. Sanford Health provides a full spectrum of healthcare services including acute care hospitals, specialty clinics, senior care through the Good Samaritan Society, genomic medicine, global clinics, and the Sanford Health Plan insurance program. The system employs over 48,000 healthcare professionals including 1,400 physicians and delivers care through five Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Children's, Heart, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, and Women's Health. Annually, Sanford Health handles approximately 5.3 million outpatient visits, 84,000 admissions, and 136,000 surgeries. The organization is also actively involved in medical research and education through partnerships with academic institutions, positioning itself as a regional healthcare leader in the Midwest with expanding international presence.